diff --git a/tools/target_dec_fuzzer.c b/tools/target_dec_fuzzer.c
index 1302a4458a..1c4fb11b8a 100644
--- a/tools/target_dec_fuzzer.c
+++ b/tools/target_dec_fuzzer.c
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *data, size_t size) {
     case AV_CODEC_ID_TGV:         maxpixels /= 32;    break;
     case AV_CODEC_ID_TRUEMOTION2: maxpixels /= 1024; break;
     case AV_CODEC_ID_VP7:         maxpixels /= 256;  break;
+    case AV_CODEC_ID_VP9:         maxpixels /= 4096; break;
     }