diff --git a/compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/brillig/mod.rs b/compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/brillig/mod.rs
index 70c0959517b..d392e144aff 100644
--- a/compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/brillig/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/brillig/mod.rs
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ impl std::ops::Index<FunctionId> for Brillig {
 
 impl Ssa {
     /// Compile to brillig brillig functions and ACIR functions reachable from them
+    #[tracing::instrument(level = "trace", skip_all)]
     pub(crate) fn to_brillig(&self, enable_debug_trace: bool) -> Brillig {
         // Collect all the function ids that are reachable from brillig
         // That means all the functions marked as brillig and ACIR functions called by them
diff --git a/compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa.rs b/compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa.rs
index 2d138c13f7f..57bd76d4f78 100644
--- a/compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa.rs
+++ b/compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa.rs
@@ -127,12 +127,13 @@ pub(crate) fn optimize_into_acir(
             ssa.check_for_underconstrained_values()
         })
     };
+
+    drop(ssa_gen_span_guard);
+
     let brillig = time("SSA to Brillig", options.print_codegen_timings, || {
         ssa.to_brillig(options.enable_brillig_logging)
     });
 
-    drop(ssa_gen_span_guard);
-
     let artifacts = time("SSA to ACIR", options.print_codegen_timings, || {
         ssa.into_acir(&brillig, options.expression_width)
     })?;