diff --git a/tests/fuzz/zstd_helpers.c b/tests/fuzz/zstd_helpers.c
index 6fc38361b..ead004e44 100644
--- a/tests/fuzz/zstd_helpers.c
+++ b/tests/fuzz/zstd_helpers.c
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ ZSTD_compressionParameters FUZZ_randomCParams(size_t srcSize, uint32_t *state)
     cParams.searchLog = FUZZ_rand32(state, ZSTD_SEARCHLOG_MIN, 9);
     cParams.searchLength = FUZZ_rand32(state, ZSTD_SEARCHLENGTH_MIN,
                                               ZSTD_SEARCHLENGTH_MAX);
-    cParams.targetLength = FUZZ_rand32(state, ZSTD_TARGETLENGTH_MIN,
-                                              512);
+    cParams.targetLength = FUZZ_rand32(state, 0, 512);
     cParams.strategy = FUZZ_rand32(state, ZSTD_fast, ZSTD_btultra);
     return ZSTD_adjustCParams(cParams, srcSize, 0);
 }