diff --git a/bin/reth-bench/src/bench/new_payload_fcu.rs b/bin/reth-bench/src/bench/new_payload_fcu.rs
index 75f2ca4faae..a5fb29cae25 100644
--- a/bin/reth-bench/src/bench/new_payload_fcu.rs
+++ b/bin/reth-bench/src/bench/new_payload_fcu.rs
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ pub struct Command {
     )]
     rpc_block_buffer_size: usize,
 
+    /// Weather to enable bal by default or not.
+    #[arg(long, default_value = "false", verbatim_doc_comment)]
+    enable_bal: bool,
+
     #[command(flatten)]
     benchmark: BenchmarkArgs,
 }
@@ -198,7 +202,9 @@ impl Command {
                 finalized_block_hash: finalized,
             };
 
-            let bal = if rlp.is_none() && block.header.block_access_list_hash.is_some() {
+            let bal = if rlp.is_none() &&
+                (block.header.block_access_list_hash.is_some() || self.enable_bal)
+            {
                 Some(fetch_block_access_list(&block_provider, block.header.number).await?)
             } else {
                 None