diff --git a/crates/polars-lazy/src/physical_plan/executors/projection.rs b/crates/polars-lazy/src/physical_plan/executors/projection.rs
index e6e5f8799d7c..a2ea9350371f 100644
--- a/crates/polars-lazy/src/physical_plan/executors/projection.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-lazy/src/physical_plan/executors/projection.rs
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ impl Executor for ProjectionExec {
                     )
                 })
                 .collect::<PolarsResult<Vec<_>>>()?;
-            let name = comma_delimited("projection".to_string(), &by);
+            let name = comma_delimited("select".to_string(), &by);
             Cow::Owned(name)
         } else {
             Cow::Borrowed("")
diff --git a/crates/polars-lazy/src/physical_plan/executors/projection_simple.rs b/crates/polars-lazy/src/physical_plan/executors/projection_simple.rs
index 8a979f306c87..74d5761ee9ab 100644
--- a/crates/polars-lazy/src/physical_plan/executors/projection_simple.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-lazy/src/physical_plan/executors/projection_simple.rs
@@ -9,12 +9,7 @@ pub struct ProjectionSimple {
 }
 
 impl ProjectionSimple {
-    fn execute_impl(
-        &mut self,
-        state: &mut ExecutionState,
-        columns: &[SmartString],
-    ) -> PolarsResult<DataFrame> {
-        let df = self.input.execute(state)?;
+    fn execute_impl(&mut self, df: DataFrame, columns: &[SmartString]) -> PolarsResult<DataFrame> {
         if self.duplicate_check {
             df._select_impl(columns.as_ref())
         } else {
@@ -29,17 +24,17 @@ impl Executor for ProjectionSimple {
         let columns = self.columns.iter_names().cloned().collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
         let profile_name = if state.has_node_timer() {
-            let name = comma_delimited("projection".to_string(), &columns);
+            let name = comma_delimited("simple-projection".to_string(), &columns);
             Cow::Owned(name)
         } else {
             Cow::Borrowed("")
         };
+        let df = self.input.execute(state)?;
 
         if state.has_node_timer() {
-            let new_state = state.clone();
-            new_state.record(|| self.execute_impl(state, &columns), profile_name)
+            state.record(|| self.execute_impl(df, &columns), profile_name)
         } else {
-            self.execute_impl(state, &columns)
+            self.execute_impl(df, &columns)
         }
     }
 }