diff --git a/fuzzer/cdm_engine_fuzzer.cpp b/fuzzer/cdm_engine_fuzzer.cpp
index 2d6557e8..5f4e7912 100644
--- a/fuzzer/cdm_engine_fuzzer.cpp
+++ b/fuzzer/cdm_engine_fuzzer.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ const std::string kUsageFilePrefixL1 = "/data/vendor/mediadrm/IDM0/L1/";
 const std::string kUsageFilePrefixL3 = "/data/vendor/mediadrm/IDM0/L3/";
 const std::string kCertFile = kUsageFilePrefixL3 + "cert.bin";
 const std::string kCertFile1 = kUsageFilePrefixL3 + "cert1.bin";
+static constexpr int32_t kMaxRuns = 500;
 
 using namespace wvutil;
 using namespace wvcdm::metrics;
@@ -225,7 +226,11 @@ void CdmEngineFuzzer::process() {
 
   CdmEngineFuzzer::init(cdmEngine);
 
-  while (mFdp.remaining_bytes()) {
+   int32_t runs = kMaxRuns;
+  /* Limited the while loop to prevent a timeout caused by the
+  /* CryptoSession constructor, which took time to initialize
+  /* OEMCrypto in each iteration.*/
+  while (mFdp.remaining_bytes() > 0 && --runs) {
     auto invokeCdmEngineAPI = mFdp.PickValueInArray<
         const std::function<void()>>({
         [&]() { cdmEngine->OnTimerEvent(); },