diff --git a/src/test/fuzz/signature_checker.cpp b/src/test/fuzz/signature_checker.cpp
index 7b57c5dfd81..17a5ae6e874 100644
--- a/src/test/fuzz/signature_checker.cpp
+++ b/src/test/fuzz/signature_checker.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <script/interpreter.h>
 #include <test/fuzz/FuzzedDataProvider.h>
 #include <test/fuzz/fuzz.h>
+#include <test/fuzz/util.h>
 
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <limits>
@@ -56,17 +57,15 @@ FUZZ_TARGET_INIT(signature_checker, initialize_signature_checker)
     FuzzedDataProvider fuzzed_data_provider(buffer.data(), buffer.size());
     const unsigned int flags = fuzzed_data_provider.ConsumeIntegral<unsigned int>();
     const SigVersion sig_version = fuzzed_data_provider.PickValueInArray({SigVersion::BASE, SigVersion::WITNESS_V0});
-    const std::string script_string_1 = fuzzed_data_provider.ConsumeRandomLengthString(65536);
-    const std::vector<uint8_t> script_bytes_1{script_string_1.begin(), script_string_1.end()};
-    const std::string script_string_2 = fuzzed_data_provider.ConsumeRandomLengthString(65536);
-    const std::vector<uint8_t> script_bytes_2{script_string_2.begin(), script_string_2.end()};
+    const auto script_1 = ConsumeScript(fuzzed_data_provider, 65536);
+    const auto script_2 = ConsumeScript(fuzzed_data_provider, 65536);
     std::vector<std::vector<unsigned char>> stack;
-    (void)EvalScript(stack, {script_bytes_1.begin(), script_bytes_1.end()}, flags, FuzzedSignatureChecker(fuzzed_data_provider), sig_version, nullptr);
+    (void)EvalScript(stack, script_1, flags, FuzzedSignatureChecker(fuzzed_data_provider), sig_version, nullptr);
     if ((flags & SCRIPT_VERIFY_CLEANSTACK) != 0 && ((flags & SCRIPT_VERIFY_P2SH) == 0 || (flags & SCRIPT_VERIFY_WITNESS) == 0)) {
         return;
     }
     if ((flags & SCRIPT_VERIFY_WITNESS) != 0 && (flags & SCRIPT_VERIFY_P2SH) == 0) {
         return;
     }
-    (void)VerifyScript({script_bytes_1.begin(), script_bytes_1.end()}, {script_bytes_2.begin(), script_bytes_2.end()}, nullptr, flags, FuzzedSignatureChecker(fuzzed_data_provider), nullptr);
+    (void)VerifyScript(script_1, script_2, nullptr, flags, FuzzedSignatureChecker(fuzzed_data_provider), nullptr);
 }
diff --git a/src/test/fuzz/util.cpp b/src/test/fuzz/util.cpp
index 93418ab1ff7..d786ac1db11 100644
--- a/src/test/fuzz/util.cpp
+++ b/src/test/fuzz/util.cpp
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ CScriptWitness ConsumeScriptWitness(FuzzedDataProvider& fuzzed_data_provider, co
 
 CScript ConsumeScript(FuzzedDataProvider& fuzzed_data_provider, const size_t max_length, const bool maybe_p2wsh) noexcept
 {
-    const std::vector<uint8_t> b = ConsumeRandomLengthByteVector(fuzzed_data_provider);
+    const std::vector<uint8_t> b = ConsumeRandomLengthByteVector(fuzzed_data_provider, max_length);
     CScript r_script{b.begin(), b.end()};
     if (maybe_p2wsh && fuzzed_data_provider.ConsumeBool()) {
         uint256 script_hash;