diff --git a/src/platform/posix/fuzz.c b/src/platform/posix/fuzz.c
index e5c515c15a45..75a7dcf0ed6e 100644
--- a/src/platform/posix/fuzz.c
+++ b/src/platform/posix/fuzz.c
@@ -14,23 +14,52 @@
 const uint8_t *posix_fuzz_buf;
 size_t posix_fuzz_sz;
 
+/*
+ * Implemented in sof/src/platform/posix/ipc.c. These small hooks let
+ * us reset and observe the staging state owned by the IPC layer so
+ * testcases are properly isolated from each other.
+ */
+extern void posix_fuzz_case_begin(void);
+extern void posix_fuzz_case_abort(void);
+extern bool posix_fuzz_case_pending(void);
+
+/* Number of simulator quanta the budget is split into for the
+ * drain-or-abort loop. More quanta = earlier exit on quick testcases.
+ */
+#define POSIX_FUZZ_DRAIN_QUANTA 8
+
 /**
  * Entry point for fuzzing. Works by placing the data
  * into two known symbols, triggering an app-visible interrupt, and
- * then letting the simulator run for a fixed amount of time (intended to be
- * "long enough" to handle the event and reach a quiescent state
- * again)
+ * then letting the simulator run for up to a fixed amount of time
+ * split into small quanta, exiting as soon as the OS has drained the
+ * staged fuzz input. If the budget is exhausted before drain we drop
+ * pending state to keep testcases isolated.
  */
 NATIVE_SIMULATOR_IF
 int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *data, size_t sz)
 {
 	static bool runner_initialized;
+	uint64_t total_us;
+	uint64_t quantum_us;
+	int i;
 
 	if (!runner_initialized) {
 		nsi_init(0, NULL);
 		runner_initialized = true;
 	}
 
+	total_us = k_ticks_to_us_ceil64(CONFIG_ZEPHYR_POSIX_FUZZ_TICKS);
+	quantum_us = (total_us + POSIX_FUZZ_DRAIN_QUANTA - 1) / POSIX_FUZZ_DRAIN_QUANTA;
+	if (quantum_us == 0)
+		quantum_us = 1;
+
+	/* Fresh testcase: drop any leftovers from a previous case before
+	 * staging the new buffer, so state from the prior input cannot
+	 * influence this one.
+	 */
+	posix_fuzz_case_begin();
+
 	/* Provide the fuzz data to the embedded OS as an interrupt, with
 	 * "DMA-like" data placed into posix_fuzz_buf/sz.
 	 */
@@ -38,9 +67,19 @@ int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *data, size_t sz)
 	posix_fuzz_sz = sz;
 	hw_irq_ctrl_set_irq(CONFIG_ZEPHYR_POSIX_FUZZ_IRQ);
 
-	/* Give the OS time to process whatever happened in that
-	 * interrupt and reach an idle state.
+	/* Bounded drain loop: run simulator in small quanta and exit
+	 * as soon as both the raw input buffer and the staged IPC
+	 * queue are empty.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < POSIX_FUZZ_DRAIN_QUANTA; i++) {
+		nsi_exec_for(quantum_us);
+		if (!posix_fuzz_case_pending())
+			return 0;
+	}
+
+	/* Budget exhausted without full drain: hard reset so the next
+	 * testcase starts clean.
 	 */
-	nsi_exec_for(k_ticks_to_us_ceil64(CONFIG_ZEPHYR_POSIX_FUZZ_TICKS));
+	posix_fuzz_case_abort();
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/platform/posix/ipc.c b/src/platform/posix/ipc.c
index 35e203c2d468..ec485576bb36 100644
--- a/src/platform/posix/ipc.c
+++ b/src/platform/posix/ipc.c
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 #include <sof/ipc/schedule.h>
 #include <sof/schedule/edf_schedule.h>
 #include <sof/audio/component_ext.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
 
 // 6c8f0d53-ff77-4ca1-b825-c0c4e1b0d322
 SOF_DEFINE_REG_UUID(ipc_task_posix);
@@ -33,6 +35,28 @@ extern size_t posix_fuzz_sz;
 static uint8_t fuzz_in[65536];
 static size_t fuzz_in_sz;
 
+/*
+ * Testcase-isolation helpers used by the libFuzzer entry point in
+ * fuzz.c. They keep ownership of the cross-call state in one module
+ * so a new testcase never observes leftovers from a previous one that
+ * failed to drain inside the simulator tick budget.
+ */
+void posix_fuzz_case_begin(void)
+{
+	fuzz_in_sz = 0;
+}
+
+bool posix_fuzz_case_pending(void)
+{
+	return posix_fuzz_sz != 0 || fuzz_in_sz != 0;
+}
+
+void posix_fuzz_case_abort(void)
+{
+	posix_fuzz_sz = 0;
+	fuzz_in_sz = 0;
+}
+
 // The protocol here is super simple: the first byte is a message size
 // in units of 16 bits (the buffer maximum defaults to 384 bytes, and
 // I didn't want to waste space early in the buffer lest I confuse the