diff --git a/fuzzers/fuzzer_set_property.c b/fuzzers/fuzzer_set_property.c
index 384b6c82e8..60edc91add 100644
--- a/fuzzers/fuzzer_set_property.c
+++ b/fuzzers/fuzzer_set_property.c
@@ -63,20 +63,21 @@ int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *data, size_t size)
 #if MPV_RUN
     check_error(mpv_set_option_string(ctx, "vo", "null"));
     check_error(mpv_set_option_string(ctx, "ao", "null"));
-    check_error(mpv_set_option_string(ctx, "ao-null-untimed", "yes"));
-    check_error(mpv_set_option_string(ctx, "untimed", "yes"));
-    check_error(mpv_set_option_string(ctx, "video-osd", "no"));
 
     check_error(mpv_initialize(ctx));
 #endif
 
-if (MPV_FORMAT == MPV_FORMAT_STRING) {
-    mpv_set_property_string(ctx, name, (void *)data);
-} else {
-    mpv_set_property(ctx, name, MPV_FORMAT, (void *)data);
-}
+    if (MPV_FORMAT == MPV_FORMAT_STRING) {
+        mpv_set_property_string(ctx, name, (void *)data);
+    } else {
+        mpv_set_property(ctx, name, MPV_FORMAT, (void *)data);
+    }
 
 #if MPV_RUN
+    check_error(mpv_set_option_string(ctx, "ao-null-untimed", "yes"));
+    check_error(mpv_set_option_string(ctx, "untimed", "yes"));
+    check_error(mpv_set_option_string(ctx, "pause", "no"));
+
     check_error(mpv_set_option_string(ctx, "audio-files", "av://lavfi:sine=d=0.1"));
     const char *cmd[] = {"loadfile", "av://lavfi:yuvtestsrc=d=0.1", NULL};
     check_error(mpv_command(ctx, cmd));