diff --git a/tools/target_enc_fuzzer.c b/tools/target_enc_fuzzer.c
index 0345595ada..c4c2df93a9 100644
--- a/tools/target_enc_fuzzer.c
+++ b/tools/target_enc_fuzzer.c
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *data, size_t size) {
     uint32_t it = 0;
     uint64_t nb_samples = 0;
     AVDictionary *opts = NULL;
+    uint64_t ec_pixels = 0;
 
     if (!c) {
 #define ENCODER_SYMBOL0(CODEC) ff_##CODEC##_encoder
@@ -93,6 +94,9 @@ int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *data, size_t size) {
         return 0;
 
     maxpixels = maxpixels_per_frame * maxiteration;
+    switch (c->p.id) {
+    case AV_CODEC_ID_A64_MULTI:         maxpixels  /= 65536;  break;
+    }
 
     maxpixels_per_frame  = FFMIN(maxpixels_per_frame , maxpixels);
 
@@ -168,6 +172,10 @@ int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *data, size_t size) {
     frame->height = ctx->height;
 
     while (data < end && it < maxiteration) {
+        ec_pixels += (ctx->width + 32LL) * (ctx->height + 32LL);
+        if (ec_pixels > maxpixels)
+            goto maximums_reached;
+
         res = av_frame_get_buffer(frame, 0);
         if (res < 0)
             error("Failed av_frame_get_buffer");
@@ -192,7 +200,7 @@ int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *data, size_t size) {
 
         av_packet_unref(avpkt);
     }
-
+maximums_reached:
     encode(ctx, NULL, avpkt);
     av_packet_unref(avpkt);