diff --git a/gnovm/pkg/gnolang/machine.go b/gnovm/pkg/gnolang/machine.go
index c6859d0466a..521f97d9e6a 100644
--- a/gnovm/pkg/gnolang/machine.go
+++ b/gnovm/pkg/gnolang/machine.go
@@ -1088,15 +1088,16 @@ const (
 	OpCPUTypeAssert2 = 25
 	// TODO: OpCPUStaticTypeOf is an arbitrary number.
 	// A good way to benchmark this is yet to be determined.
-	OpCPUStaticTypeOf = 100
-	OpCPUCompositeLit = 50
-	OpCPUArrayLit     = 137
-	OpCPUSliceLit     = 183
-	OpCPUSliceLit2    = 467
-	OpCPUMapLit       = 475
-	OpCPUStructLit    = 179
-	OpCPUFuncLit      = 61
-	OpCPUConvert      = 16
+	OpCPUStaticTypeOf   = 100
+	OpCPUCompositeLit   = 50
+	OpCPUArrayLit       = 137
+	OpCPUSliceLit       = 183
+	OpCPUSliceLit2      = 467
+	OpCPUCompositeLitEl = 40
+	OpCPUMapLit         = 475
+	OpCPUStructLit      = 179
+	OpCPUFuncLit        = 61
+	OpCPUConvert        = 16
 
 	/* Type operators */
 	OpCPUFieldType     = 59
diff --git a/gnovm/pkg/gnolang/op_expressions.go b/gnovm/pkg/gnolang/op_expressions.go
index 766b20995a0..6ded5b55bca 100644
--- a/gnovm/pkg/gnolang/op_expressions.go
+++ b/gnovm/pkg/gnolang/op_expressions.go
@@ -408,6 +408,11 @@ func (m *Machine) doOpArrayLit() {
 	// assess performance TODO
 	x := m.PopExpr().(*CompositeLitExpr)
 	ne := len(x.Elts)
+
+	defer func() {
+		m.incrCPU(int64(OpCPUCompositeLitEl * ne))
+	}()
+
 	// peek array type.
 	at := m.PeekValue(1 + ne).V.(TypeValue).Type
 	bt := baseOf(at).(*ArrayType)
@@ -493,6 +498,11 @@ func (m *Machine) doOpSliceLit2() {
 	// assess performance TODO
 	x := m.PopExpr().(*CompositeLitExpr)
 	el := len(x.Elts)
+
+	defer func() {
+		m.incrCPU(int64(OpCPUCompositeLitEl * el))
+	}()
+
 	tvs := m.PopValues(el * 2)
 	// peek slice type.
 	st := m.PeekValue(1).V.(TypeValue).Type
@@ -542,6 +552,11 @@ func (m *Machine) doOpSliceLit2() {
 func (m *Machine) doOpMapLit() {
 	x := m.PopExpr().(*CompositeLitExpr)
 	ne := len(x.Elts)
+
+	defer func() {
+		m.incrCPU(int64(OpCPUCompositeLitEl * ne))
+	}()
+
 	// peek map type.
 	mt := m.PeekValue(1 + ne*2).V.(TypeValue).Type
 	// bt := baseOf(at).(*MapType)
@@ -581,6 +596,11 @@ func (m *Machine) doOpStructLit() {
 	// assess performance TODO
 	x := m.PopExpr().(*CompositeLitExpr)
 	el := len(x.Elts) // may be incomplete
+
+	defer func() {
+		m.incrCPU(int64(OpCPUCompositeLitEl * el))
+	}()
+
 	// peek struct type.
 	xt := m.PeekValue(1 + el).V.(TypeValue).Type
 	st := baseOf(xt).(*StructType)