Getting TLE in Merge sorted linked list

public void merge_sorted_list(LinkedList other) throws Exception {

	// write your code here
    Node ptr1 = this.head;
    Node ptr2 = other.head;
    Node newHead = null;
    Node temp = ptr1 == null ? ptr2 : ptr1;
    while(ptr1 != null && ptr2 != null) {
        if (ptr1.data < ptr2.data) {
            temp = ptr1;
            ptr1 = ptr1.next;
            temp.next = ptr2;
        } else {
            temp = ptr2;
            ptr2 = ptr2.next;
            temp.next = ptr1;
        }

        if (newHead == null) {
            newHead = temp;
        }

        
    }

    while (ptr1 != null) {
        temp.next = ptr1;
        ptr1 = ptr1.next;
        temp = ptr1;
    }

    while (ptr2 != null) {
        temp.next = ptr2;
        ptr2 = ptr2.next;
        temp = ptr2;
    }

    head = newHead;

	
}