diff --git a/tests/fuzz/stream_round_trip.c b/tests/fuzz/stream_round_trip.c
index c534a904..703b1171 100644
--- a/tests/fuzz/stream_round_trip.c
+++ b/tests/fuzz/stream_round_trip.c
@@ -125,13 +125,14 @@ static size_t compress(uint8_t *dst, size_t capacity,
 
 int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *src, size_t size)
 {
+    size_t neededBufSize;
+
     /* Give a random portion of src data to the producer, to use for
     parameter generation. The rest will be used for (de)compression */
     FUZZ_dataProducer_t *producer = FUZZ_dataProducer_create(src, size);
     size = FUZZ_dataProducer_reserveDataPrefix(producer);
 
-    size_t neededBufSize;
-    neededBufSize = ZSTD_compressBound(size) * 5;
+    neededBufSize = ZSTD_compressBound(size) * 15;
 
     /* Allocate all buffers and contexts if not already allocated */
     if (neededBufSize > bufSize) {