diff --git a/src/query/v2/interpreter.cpp b/src/query/v2/interpreter.cpp
index c02497030..0ba015217 100644
--- a/src/query/v2/interpreter.cpp
+++ b/src/query/v2/interpreter.cpp
@@ -1034,6 +1034,7 @@ PreparedQuery PrepareProfileQuery(ParsedQuery parsed_query, bool in_explicit_tra
   const auto memory_limit =
       expr::EvaluateMemoryLimit(&evaluator, cypher_query->memory_limit_, cypher_query->memory_scale_);
 
+  shard_request_manager->StartTransaction();
   auto cypher_query_plan = CypherQueryToPlan(
       parsed_inner_query.stripped_query.hash(), std::move(parsed_inner_query.ast_storage), cypher_query,
       parsed_inner_query.parameters, parsed_inner_query.is_cacheable ? &interpreter_context->plan_cache : nullptr,