diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/test/benchmark.ts b/packages/nodes-base/test/benchmark.ts
index 4ce7ad4848299..3c68be6f8bdae 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/test/benchmark.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/test/benchmark.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import glob from 'fast-glob';
 import Bench from 'tinybench';
 import { withCodSpeed } from '@codspeed/tinybench-plugin';
 import { setup, workflowToTests as toTests } from './nodes/Helpers';
-import { executeWorkflow } from './nodes/ExecuteWorkflow';
+import { performExecution, setupExecution } from './nodes/ExecuteWorkflow';
 
 async function main() {
 	const filePaths = await glob('nodes/**/*.workflow.json');
@@ -14,8 +14,18 @@ async function main() {
 	const bench = withCodSpeed(new Bench({ time: 0, iterations: 1 })); // @TODO temp config
 
 	for (const test of tests) {
+		const { waitPromise, additionalData, executionMode, workflowInstance, nodeExecutionOrder } =
+			await setupExecution(test, nodeTypes);
+
 		bench.add(test.description, async () => {
-			await executeWorkflow(test, nodeTypes);
+			await performExecution(
+				waitPromise,
+				additionalData,
+				executionMode,
+				test,
+				workflowInstance,
+				nodeExecutionOrder,
+			);
 		});
 	}
 
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/test/nodes/ExecuteWorkflow.ts b/packages/nodes-base/test/nodes/ExecuteWorkflow.ts
index 528eca40a901b..c33dd575df679 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/test/nodes/ExecuteWorkflow.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/test/nodes/ExecuteWorkflow.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
 import nock from 'nock';
 import { WorkflowExecute } from 'n8n-core';
-import type { INodeTypes, IRun, IRunExecutionData } from 'n8n-workflow';
+import type {
+	IDeferredPromise,
+	INodeTypes,
+	IRun,
+	IRunExecutionData,
+	IWorkflowExecuteAdditionalData,
+	WorkflowExecuteMode,
+} from 'n8n-workflow';
 import { createDeferredPromise, Workflow } from 'n8n-workflow';
 import * as Helpers from './Helpers';
 import type { WorkflowTestData } from './types';
 
-export async function executeWorkflow(testData: WorkflowTestData, nodeTypes: INodeTypes) {
+export async function setupExecution(testData: WorkflowTestData, nodeTypes: INodeTypes) {
 	if (testData.nock) {
 		const { baseUrl, mocks } = testData.nock;
 		const agent = nock(baseUrl);
@@ -30,7 +37,24 @@ export async function executeWorkflow(testData: WorkflowTestData, nodeTypes: INo
 		testData,
 	);
 
-	let executionData: IRun;
+	return {
+		waitPromise,
+		additionalData,
+		executionMode,
+		testData,
+		workflowInstance,
+		nodeExecutionOrder,
+	};
+}
+
+export async function performExecution(
+	waitPromise: IDeferredPromise<IRun>,
+	additionalData: IWorkflowExecuteAdditionalData,
+	executionMode: WorkflowExecuteMode,
+	testData: WorkflowTestData,
+	workflowInstance: Workflow,
+	nodeExecutionOrder: string[],
+) {
 	const runExecutionData: IRunExecutionData = {
 		resultData: {
 			runData: {},
@@ -50,9 +74,24 @@ export async function executeWorkflow(testData: WorkflowTestData, nodeTypes: INo
 			],
 		},
 	};
-	const workflowExecute = new WorkflowExecute(additionalData, executionMode, runExecutionData);
-	executionData = await workflowExecute.processRunExecutionData(workflowInstance);
 
+	const workflowExecute = new WorkflowExecute(additionalData, executionMode, runExecutionData);
+	const finalExecutionData = await workflowExecute.processRunExecutionData(workflowInstance);
 	const result = await waitPromise.promise();
-	return { executionData, result, nodeExecutionOrder };
+
+	return { executionData: finalExecutionData, result, nodeExecutionOrder };
+}
+
+export async function executeWorkflow(testData: WorkflowTestData, nodeTypes: INodeTypes) {
+	const { waitPromise, additionalData, executionMode, workflowInstance, nodeExecutionOrder } =
+		await setupExecution(testData, nodeTypes);
+
+	return await performExecution(
+		waitPromise,
+		additionalData,
+		executionMode,
+		testData,
+		workflowInstance,
+		nodeExecutionOrder,
+	);
 }