diff --git a/crates/optimism/node/src/node.rs b/crates/optimism/node/src/node.rs
index c75521352335..bd045320f527 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/node/src/node.rs
+++ b/crates/optimism/node/src/node.rs
@@ -253,8 +253,11 @@ where
     ) -> eyre::Result<Self::Handle> {
         let Self { rpc_add_ons, da_config } = self;
         // install additional OP specific rpc methods
-        let debug_ext =
-            OpDebugWitnessApi::new(ctx.node.provider().clone(), ctx.node.evm_config().clone());
+        let debug_ext = OpDebugWitnessApi::new(
+            ctx.node.provider().clone(),
+            ctx.node.evm_config().clone(),
+            Box::new(ctx.node.task_executor().clone()),
+        );
         let miner_ext = OpMinerExtApi::new(da_config);
 
         rpc_add_ons
diff --git a/crates/optimism/rpc/src/witness.rs b/crates/optimism/rpc/src/witness.rs
index 8cc4bd98ef25..d533bb187d94 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/rpc/src/witness.rs
+++ b/crates/optimism/rpc/src/witness.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 use alloy_consensus::Header;
 use alloy_primitives::B256;
 use alloy_rpc_types_debug::ExecutionWitness;
-use jsonrpsee_core::RpcResult;
+use jsonrpsee_core::{async_trait, RpcResult};
 use op_alloy_rpc_types_engine::OpPayloadAttributes;
 use reth_chainspec::ChainSpecProvider;
 use reth_evm::ConfigureEvm;
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ use reth_primitives::{SealedHeader, TransactionSigned};
 use reth_provider::{BlockReaderIdExt, ProviderError, ProviderResult, StateProviderFactory};
 pub use reth_rpc_api::DebugExecutionWitnessApiServer;
 use reth_rpc_server_types::{result::internal_rpc_err, ToRpcResult};
+use reth_tasks::TaskSpawner;
 use std::{fmt::Debug, sync::Arc};
+use tokio::sync::{oneshot, Semaphore};
 
 /// An extension to the `debug_` namespace of the RPC API.
 pub struct OpDebugWitnessApi<Provider, EvmConfig> {
@@ -22,9 +24,14 @@ pub struct OpDebugWitnessApi<Provider, EvmConfig> {
 
 impl<Provider, EvmConfig> OpDebugWitnessApi<Provider, EvmConfig> {
     /// Creates a new instance of the `OpDebugWitnessApi`.
-    pub fn new(provider: Provider, evm_config: EvmConfig) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(
+        provider: Provider,
+        evm_config: EvmConfig,
+        task_spawner: Box<dyn TaskSpawner>,
+    ) -> Self {
         let builder = OpPayloadBuilder::new(evm_config);
-        let inner = OpDebugWitnessApiInner { provider, builder };
+        let semaphore = Arc::new(Semaphore::new(3));
+        let inner = OpDebugWitnessApiInner { provider, builder, task_spawner, semaphore };
         Self { inner: Arc::new(inner) }
     }
 }
@@ -42,24 +49,36 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+#[async_trait]
 impl<Provider, EvmConfig> DebugExecutionWitnessApiServer<OpPayloadAttributes>
     for OpDebugWitnessApi<Provider, EvmConfig>
 where
     Provider: BlockReaderIdExt<Header = reth_primitives::Header>
         + StateProviderFactory
         + ChainSpecProvider<ChainSpec = OpChainSpec>
+        + Clone
         + 'static,
     EvmConfig: ConfigureEvm<Header = Header, Transaction = TransactionSigned> + 'static,
 {
-    fn execute_payload(
+    async fn execute_payload(
         &self,
         parent_block_hash: B256,
         attributes: OpPayloadAttributes,
     ) -> RpcResult<ExecutionWitness> {
+        let _permit = self.inner.semaphore.acquire().await;
+
         let parent_header = self.parent_header(parent_block_hash).to_rpc_result()?;
-        self.inner
-            .builder
-            .payload_witness(&self.inner.provider, parent_header, attributes)
+
+        let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel();
+        let this = self.clone();
+        self.inner.task_spawner.spawn_blocking(Box::pin(async move {
+            let res =
+                this.inner.builder.payload_witness(&this.inner.provider, parent_header, attributes);
+            let _ = tx.send(res);
+        }));
+
+        rx.await
+            .map_err(|err| internal_rpc_err(err.to_string()))?
             .map_err(|err| internal_rpc_err(err.to_string()))
     }
 }
@@ -78,4 +97,6 @@ impl<Provider, EvmConfig> Debug for OpDebugWitnessApi<Provider, EvmConfig> {
 struct OpDebugWitnessApiInner<Provider, EvmConfig> {
     provider: Provider,
     builder: OpPayloadBuilder<EvmConfig>,
+    task_spawner: Box<dyn TaskSpawner>,
+    semaphore: Arc<Semaphore>,
 }
diff --git a/crates/rpc/rpc-api/src/debug.rs b/crates/rpc/rpc-api/src/debug.rs
index 28ed9af5c134..c2d1c605ff14 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/rpc-api/src/debug.rs
+++ b/crates/rpc/rpc-api/src/debug.rs
@@ -401,8 +401,8 @@ pub trait DebugExecutionWitnessApi<Attributes> {
     ///
     /// The first argument is the parent block hash. The second argument is the payload
     /// attributes for the new block.
-    #[method(name = "executePayload", blocking)]
-    fn execute_payload(
+    #[method(name = "executePayload")]
+    async fn execute_payload(
         &self,
         parent_block_hash: B256,
         attributes: Attributes,