diff --git a/node/store.go b/node/store.go
index 5044410dea..4191e7dc42 100644
--- a/node/store.go
+++ b/node/store.go
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ func (s *Store) GetChunks(ctx context.Context, batchHeaderHash [32]byte, blobInd
 	}
 	log.Debug("Retrieved chunk", "blobKey", hexutil.Encode(blobKey), "length", len(data))
 
-	chunks, err := decodeChunks(data)
+	chunks, err := DecodeChunks(data)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, false
 	}
@@ -377,8 +377,8 @@ func EncodeChunks(chunks [][]byte) ([]byte, error) {
 // Converts a flattened array of chunks into an array of its constituent chunks,
 // throwing an error in case the chunks were not serialized correctly
 //
-// decodeChunks((len(chunks[0]), chunks[0], len(chunks[1]), chunks[1], ...)) = chunks
-func decodeChunks(data []byte) ([][]byte, error) {
+// DecodeChunks((len(chunks[0]), chunks[0], len(chunks[1]), chunks[1], ...)) = chunks
+func DecodeChunks(data []byte) ([][]byte, error) {
 	chunks := make([][]byte, 0)
 	buf := data
 	for len(buf) > 0 {
diff --git a/node/store_test.go b/node/store_test.go
index d35765175b..1f3c746ee0 100644
--- a/node/store_test.go
+++ b/node/store_test.go
@@ -286,3 +286,25 @@ func BenchmarkEncodeChunks(b *testing.B) {
 		_, _ = node.EncodeChunks(sampleChunks[i%numSamples])
 	}
 }
+
+func BenchmarkDecocodeChunks(b *testing.B) {
+	numSamples := 32
+	numChunks := 10
+	chunkSize := 2 * 1024
+	sampleChunks := make([][]byte, numSamples)
+	for n := 0; n < numSamples; n++ {
+		chunks := make([][]byte, numChunks)
+		for i := 0; i < numChunks; i++ {
+			chunk := make([]byte, chunkSize)
+			_, _ = cryptorand.Read(chunk)
+			chunks[i] = chunk
+		}
+		encoded, _ := node.EncodeChunks(chunks)
+		sampleChunks[n] = encoded
+	}
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		_, _ = node.DecodeChunks(sampleChunks[i%numSamples])
+	}
+}