diff --git a/prover/crates/bin/witness_generator/src/rounds/basic_circuits/utils.rs b/prover/crates/bin/witness_generator/src/rounds/basic_circuits/utils.rs
index c80e9a8e787c..31dc54814103 100644
--- a/prover/crates/bin/witness_generator/src/rounds/basic_circuits/utils.rs
+++ b/prover/crates/bin/witness_generator/src/rounds/basic_circuits/utils.rs
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ pub(super) async fn generate_witness(
             let object_store = object_store.clone();
             save_queue_handles.push(tokio::task::spawn(save_recursion_queue(
                 block_number,
-                circuit_id.unwrap(),
+                circuit_id,
                 queue,
                 inputs,
                 object_store,