diff --git a/op-node/flags/flags.go b/op-node/flags/flags.go
index 54334c150296..69cc5f4e428a 100644
--- a/op-node/flags/flags.go
+++ b/op-node/flags/flags.go
@@ -203,6 +203,13 @@ var (
 		}(),
 		Category: RollupCategory,
 	}
+	PipelineInitialResetTimeout = &cli.Uint64Flag{
+		Name:     "l1.pipeline-initial-reset-timeout",
+		Usage:    "Number of L1 blocks, control pipeline initial reset.",
+		EnvVars:  prefixEnvVars("PIPELINE_INITIAL_RESET_TIMEOUT"),
+		Value:    10,
+		Category: L1RPCCategory,
+	}
 	VerifierL1Confs = &cli.Uint64Flag{
 		Name:     "verifier.l1-confs",
 		Usage:    "Number of L1 blocks to keep distance from the L1 head before deriving L2 data from. Reorgs are supported, but may be slow to perform.",
@@ -419,6 +426,7 @@ var optionalFlags = []cli.Flag{
 	ConductorRpcTimeoutFlag,
 	SafeDBPath,
 	L2EngineKind,
+	PipelineInitialResetTimeout,
 }
 
 var DeprecatedFlags = []cli.Flag{
diff --git a/op-node/node/config.go b/op-node/node/config.go
index a78b55853aa2..f894d5aea823 100644
--- a/op-node/node/config.go
+++ b/op-node/node/config.go
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	// AltDA config
 	AltDA altda.CLIConfig
+
+	PipelineInitialResetTimeout uint64
 }
 
 type RPCConfig struct {
diff --git a/op-node/node/node.go b/op-node/node/node.go
index 6d7cb9968fdd..935689eb92ad 100644
--- a/op-node/node/node.go
+++ b/op-node/node/node.go
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ func (n *OpNode) initL2(ctx context.Context, cfg *Config) error {
 		n.safeDB = safedb.Disabled
 	}
 	n.l2Driver = driver.NewDriver(n.eventSys, n.eventDrain, &cfg.Driver, &cfg.Rollup, n.l2Source, n.l1Source,
-		n.supervisor, n.beacon, n, n, n.log, n.metrics, cfg.ConfigPersistence, n.safeDB, &cfg.Sync, sequencerConductor, altDA)
+		n.supervisor, n.beacon, n, n, n.log, n.metrics, cfg.ConfigPersistence, n.safeDB, &cfg.Sync, sequencerConductor, altDA, cfg.PipelineInitialResetTimeout)
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/op-node/rollup/derive/deriver.go b/op-node/rollup/derive/deriver.go
index 760891648524..9721d595c5f8 100644
--- a/op-node/rollup/derive/deriver.go
+++ b/op-node/rollup/derive/deriver.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"io"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum-optimism/optimism/op-node/rollup"
 	"github.com/ethereum-optimism/optimism/op-node/rollup/event"
@@ -116,6 +117,8 @@ func (d *PipelineDeriver) OnEvent(ev event.Event) bool {
 		} else if err != nil && errors.Is(err, NotEnoughData) {
 			// don't do a backoff for this error
 			d.emitter.Emit(DeriverMoreEvent{})
+		} else if err != nil && errors.Is(err, InitialResetting) {
+			d.pipeline.pipelineInitialResetNextTime = time.Now().Add(d.pipeline.pipelineInitialResetDuration)
 		} else if err != nil {
 			d.pipeline.log.Error("Derivation process error", "err", err)
 			d.emitter.Emit(rollup.EngineTemporaryErrorEvent{Err: err})
@@ -132,6 +135,10 @@ func (d *PipelineDeriver) OnEvent(ev event.Event) bool {
 	case ConfirmReceivedAttributesEvent:
 		d.needAttributesConfirmation = false
 	default:
+		if d.pipeline.pipeLineIsInitialReset &&
+			d.pipeline.pipelineInitialResetNextTime.Before(time.Now()) {
+			d.emitter.Emit(PipelineStepEvent{PendingSafe: d.pipeline.pipelineInitialResetNextPendingSafe})
+		}
 		return false
 	}
 	return true
diff --git a/op-node/rollup/derive/error.go b/op-node/rollup/derive/error.go
index a09255144056..159973517789 100644
--- a/op-node/rollup/derive/error.go
+++ b/op-node/rollup/derive/error.go
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ var (
 	// EngineELSyncing implies that the execution engine is currently in progress of syncing.
 	EngineELSyncing = errors.New("engine is performing EL sync")
 
+	InitialResetting = errors.New("pipeline is performing reset")
+
 	// Sentinel errors, use these to get the severity of errors by calling
 	// errors.Is(err, ErrTemporary) for example.
 	ErrTemporary = NewTemporaryError(nil)
diff --git a/op-node/rollup/derive/pipeline.go b/op-node/rollup/derive/pipeline.go
index 4124382a9cc0..932ed5ded580 100644
--- a/op-node/rollup/derive/pipeline.go
+++ b/op-node/rollup/derive/pipeline.go
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
-	"sync/atomic"
-
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
+	"io"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum-optimism/optimism/op-node/rollup"
 	"github.com/ethereum-optimism/optimism/op-service/eth"
@@ -71,7 +71,15 @@ type DerivationPipeline struct {
 	origin         eth.L1BlockRef
 	resetL2Safe    eth.L2BlockRef
 	resetSysConfig eth.SystemConfig
-	// Its value is only 1 or 0
+
+	// InitialReset is resetting
+	pipeLineIsInitialReset              bool
+	pipelineInitialResetTimeout         uint64
+	pipelineInitialResetL2              eth.L2BlockRef
+	pipelineInitialResetNextTime        time.Time
+	pipelineInitialResetDuration        time.Duration
+	pipelineInitialResetNextPendingSafe eth.L2BlockRef
+
 	engineIsReset atomic.Bool
 
 	metrics Metrics
@@ -79,7 +87,7 @@ type DerivationPipeline struct {
 
 // NewDerivationPipeline creates a DerivationPipeline, to turn L1 data into L2 block-inputs.
 func NewDerivationPipeline(log log.Logger, rollupCfg *rollup.Config, l1Fetcher L1Fetcher, l1Blobs L1BlobsFetcher,
-	altDA AltDAInputFetcher, l2Source L2Source, metrics Metrics) *DerivationPipeline {
+	altDA AltDAInputFetcher, l2Source L2Source, metrics Metrics, pipelineInitialResetTimeout uint64) *DerivationPipeline {
 
 	// Pull stages
 	l1Traversal := NewL1Traversal(log, rollupCfg, l1Fetcher)
@@ -98,15 +106,17 @@ func NewDerivationPipeline(log log.Logger, rollupCfg *rollup.Config, l1Fetcher L
 	stages := []ResettableStage{l1Traversal, l1Src, altDA, frameQueue, bank, chInReader, batchQueue, attributesQueue}
 
 	return &DerivationPipeline{
-		log:       log,
-		rollupCfg: rollupCfg,
-		l1Fetcher: l1Fetcher,
-		altDA:     altDA,
-		stages:    stages,
-		metrics:   metrics,
-		traversal: l1Traversal,
-		attrib:    attributesQueue,
-		l2:        l2Source,
+		log:                          log,
+		rollupCfg:                    rollupCfg,
+		l1Fetcher:                    l1Fetcher,
+		altDA:                        altDA,
+		stages:                       stages,
+		metrics:                      metrics,
+		traversal:                    l1Traversal,
+		attrib:                       attributesQueue,
+		l2:                           l2Source,
+		pipelineInitialResetTimeout:  pipelineInitialResetTimeout,
+		pipelineInitialResetDuration: 5 * time.Second,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -156,8 +166,14 @@ func (dp *DerivationPipeline) Step(ctx context.Context, pendingSafeHead eth.L2Bl
 		// so we can read all the L2 data necessary for constructing the next batches that come after the safe head.
 		if pendingSafeHead != dp.resetL2Safe {
 			if err := dp.initialReset(ctx, pendingSafeHead); err != nil {
+				if errors.Is(err, InitialResetting) {
+					dp.pipelineInitialResetNextPendingSafe = pendingSafeHead
+					return nil, err
+				}
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed initial reset work: %w", err)
 			}
+		} else {
+			dp.pipeLineIsInitialReset = false
 		}
 
 		resetting := dp.resetting.Load()
@@ -204,17 +220,23 @@ func (dp *DerivationPipeline) initialReset(ctx context.Context, resetL2Safe eth.
 	// Walk back L2 chain to find the L1 origin that is old enough to start buffering channel data from.
 	pipelineL2 := resetL2Safe
 	l1Origin := resetL2Safe.L1Origin
+	if dp.pipeLineIsInitialReset {
+		pipelineL2 = dp.pipelineInitialResetL2
+		l1Origin = dp.pipelineInitialResetL2.L1Origin
+	}
 
 	pipelineOrigin, err := dp.l1Fetcher.L1BlockRefByHash(ctx, l1Origin.Hash)
 	if err != nil {
 		return NewTemporaryError(fmt.Errorf("failed to fetch the new L1 progress: origin: %s; err: %w", pipelineL2.L1Origin, err))
 	}
 
+	var afterChannelTimeout bool
 	for {
 		afterL2Genesis := pipelineL2.Number > dp.rollupCfg.Genesis.L2.Number
 		afterL1Genesis := pipelineL2.L1Origin.Number > dp.rollupCfg.Genesis.L1.Number
-		afterChannelTimeout := pipelineL2.L1Origin.Number+spec.ChannelTimeout(pipelineOrigin.Time) > l1Origin.Number
-		if afterL2Genesis && afterL1Genesis && afterChannelTimeout {
+		afterPipelineInitialResetTimeout := pipelineL2.L1Origin.Number+dp.pipelineInitialResetTimeout > l1Origin.Number
+		afterChannelTimeout = pipelineL2.L1Origin.Number+spec.ChannelTimeout(pipelineOrigin.Time) > l1Origin.Number
+		if afterL2Genesis && afterL1Genesis && afterPipelineInitialResetTimeout && afterChannelTimeout {
 			parent, err := dp.l2.L2BlockRefByHash(ctx, pipelineL2.ParentHash)
 			if err != nil {
 				return NewResetError(fmt.Errorf("failed to fetch L2 parent block %s", pipelineL2.ParentID()))
@@ -225,6 +247,12 @@ func (dp *DerivationPipeline) initialReset(ctx context.Context, resetL2Safe eth.
 				return NewTemporaryError(fmt.Errorf("failed to fetch the new L1 progress: origin: %s; err: %w", pipelineL2.L1Origin, err))
 			}
 		} else {
+			if afterChannelTimeout {
+				dp.pipelineInitialResetL2 = pipelineL2
+				dp.pipeLineIsInitialReset = true
+			} else {
+				dp.pipeLineIsInitialReset = false
+			}
 			break
 		}
 	}
@@ -236,8 +264,13 @@ func (dp *DerivationPipeline) initialReset(ctx context.Context, resetL2Safe eth.
 
 	dp.origin = pipelineOrigin
 	dp.resetSysConfig = sysCfg
-	dp.resetL2Safe = resetL2Safe
-	return nil
+	dp.resetL2Safe = pipelineL2
+
+	if afterChannelTimeout {
+		return InitialResetting
+	} else {
+		return nil
+	}
 }
 
 func (dp *DerivationPipeline) ConfirmEngineReset() {
diff --git a/op-node/rollup/driver/driver.go b/op-node/rollup/driver/driver.go
index 81607e612d5a..961211ba3916 100644
--- a/op-node/rollup/driver/driver.go
+++ b/op-node/rollup/driver/driver.go
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ func NewDriver(
 	syncCfg *sync.Config,
 	sequencerConductor conductor.SequencerConductor,
 	altDA AltDAIface,
+	pipelineInitialResetTimeout uint64,
 ) *Driver {
 	driverCtx, driverCancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 
@@ -215,7 +216,7 @@ func NewDriver(
 	sys.Register("attributes-handler",
 		attributes.NewAttributesHandler(log, cfg, driverCtx, l2), opts)
 
-	derivationPipeline := derive.NewDerivationPipeline(log, cfg, verifConfDepth, l1Blobs, altDA, l2, metrics)
+	derivationPipeline := derive.NewDerivationPipeline(log, cfg, verifConfDepth, l1Blobs, altDA, l2, metrics, pipelineInitialResetTimeout)
 
 	sys.Register("pipeline",
 		derive.NewPipelineDeriver(driverCtx, derivationPipeline), opts)
diff --git a/op-node/service.go b/op-node/service.go
index b24e2a638335..d2666424217c 100644
--- a/op-node/service.go
+++ b/op-node/service.go
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ func NewConfig(ctx *cli.Context, log log.Logger) (*node.Config, error) {
 		haltOption = ""
 	}
 
+	pipelineInitialResetTimeout := ctx.Uint64(flags.PipelineInitialResetTimeout.Name)
+
 	if ctx.IsSet(flags.HeartbeatEnabledFlag.Name) ||
 		ctx.IsSet(flags.HeartbeatMonikerFlag.Name) ||
 		ctx.IsSet(flags.HeartbeatURLFlag.Name) {
@@ -112,7 +114,8 @@ func NewConfig(ctx *cli.Context, log log.Logger) (*node.Config, error) {
 		ConductorRpc:        ctx.String(flags.ConductorRpcFlag.Name),
 		ConductorRpcTimeout: ctx.Duration(flags.ConductorRpcTimeoutFlag.Name),
 
-		AltDA: altda.ReadCLIConfig(ctx),
+		AltDA:                       altda.ReadCLIConfig(ctx),
+		PipelineInitialResetTimeout: pipelineInitialResetTimeout,
 	}
 
 	if err := cfg.LoadPersisted(log); err != nil {