diff --git a/vllm/compilation/backends.py b/vllm/compilation/backends.py
index 3fbb4b2c33..8117be69f1 100644
--- a/vllm/compilation/backends.py
+++ b/vllm/compilation/backends.py
@@ -1264,11 +1264,12 @@ class VllmBackend:
             # code adapted from
             # https://github.com/thuml/depyf/blob/dab831108a752d1facc00acdd6d4243891845c37/depyf/explain/patched_lazy_format_graph_code.py#L30
             # use `print_readable` because it can include submodules
-            src = (
-                "from __future__ import annotations\nimport torch\n"
-                + self.split_gm.print_readable(print_output=False)
-            )
-            src = src.replace("<lambda>", "GraphModule")
+            with dynamo_timed("vllm_print_readable"):
+                src = (
+                    "from __future__ import annotations\nimport torch\n"
+                    + self.split_gm.print_readable(print_output=False)
+                )
+                src = src.replace("<lambda>", "GraphModule")
             with open(graph_path, "w") as f:
                 f.write(src)