diff --git a/src/test/fuzz/addrman.cpp b/src/test/fuzz/addrman.cpp
index a13945a5206..88260b272f2 100644
--- a/src/test/fuzz/addrman.cpp
+++ b/src/test/fuzz/addrman.cpp
@@ -144,23 +144,23 @@ FUZZ_TARGET(addrman, .init = initialize_addrman)
                     addresses.push_back(ConsumeAddress(fuzzed_data_provider));
                 }
                 auto net_addr = ConsumeNetAddr(fuzzed_data_provider);
-                auto time_penalty = std::chrono::seconds{ConsumeTime(fuzzed_data_provider, 0, 100000000)};
+                auto time_penalty = ConsumeDuration(fuzzed_data_provider, /*min=*/0s, /*max=*/100000000s);
                 addr_man.Add(addresses, net_addr, time_penalty);
             },
             [&] {
                 auto addr = ConsumeService(fuzzed_data_provider);
-                auto time = NodeSeconds{std::chrono::seconds{ConsumeTime(fuzzed_data_provider)}};
+                auto time = ConsumeTime(fuzzed_data_provider);
                 addr_man.Good(addr, time);
             },
             [&] {
                 auto addr = ConsumeService(fuzzed_data_provider);
                 auto count_failure = fuzzed_data_provider.ConsumeBool();
-                auto time = NodeSeconds{std::chrono::seconds{ConsumeTime(fuzzed_data_provider)}};
+                auto time = ConsumeTime(fuzzed_data_provider);
                 addr_man.Attempt(addr, count_failure, time);
             },
             [&] {
                 auto addr = ConsumeService(fuzzed_data_provider);
-                auto time = NodeSeconds{std::chrono::seconds{ConsumeTime(fuzzed_data_provider)}};
+                auto time = ConsumeTime(fuzzed_data_provider);
                 addr_man.Connected(addr, time);
             },
             [&] {
diff --git a/src/test/fuzz/headerssync.cpp b/src/test/fuzz/headerssync.cpp
index b33f4dc728f..f6e574f4044 100644
--- a/src/test/fuzz/headerssync.cpp
+++ b/src/test/fuzz/headerssync.cpp
@@ -55,13 +55,11 @@ FUZZ_TARGET(headers_sync_state, .init = initialize_headers_sync_state_fuzz)
 {
     SeedRandomStateForTest(SeedRand::ZEROS);
     FuzzedDataProvider fuzzed_data_provider(buffer.data(), buffer.size());
-    auto mock_time{ConsumeTime(fuzzed_data_provider)};
 
     CBlockHeader genesis_header{Params().GenesisBlock()};
     CBlockIndex start_index(genesis_header);
 
-    if (mock_time < start_index.GetMedianTimePast()) return;
-    SetMockTime(mock_time);
+    SetMockTime(ConsumeTime(fuzzed_data_provider, /*min=*/start_index.GetMedianTimePast()));
 
     const uint256 genesis_hash = genesis_header.GetHash();
     start_index.phashBlock = &genesis_hash;
diff --git a/src/test/fuzz/p2p_headers_presync.cpp b/src/test/fuzz/p2p_headers_presync.cpp
index c6842a35849..d587137413c 100644
--- a/src/test/fuzz/p2p_headers_presync.cpp
+++ b/src/test/fuzz/p2p_headers_presync.cpp
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ CBlockHeader ConsumeHeader(FuzzedDataProvider& fuzzed_data_provider, const uint2
         arith_uint256 target = ConsumeArithUInt256InRange(fuzzed_data_provider, lower_target, upper_target);
         header.nBits = target.GetCompact();
     }
-    header.nTime = ConsumeTime(fuzzed_data_provider);
+    header.nTime = TicksSinceEpoch<std::chrono::seconds>(ConsumeTime(fuzzed_data_provider));
     header.hashPrevBlock = prev_hash;
     header.nVersion = fuzzed_data_provider.ConsumeIntegral<int32_t>();
     return header;
diff --git a/src/test/fuzz/util.cpp b/src/test/fuzz/util.cpp
index a4a319e74b9..f505357d802 100644
--- a/src/test/fuzz/util.cpp
+++ b/src/test/fuzz/util.cpp
@@ -31,12 +31,17 @@ CAmount ConsumeMoney(FuzzedDataProvider& fuzzed_data_provider, const std::option
     return fuzzed_data_provider.ConsumeIntegralInRange<CAmount>(0, max.value_or(MAX_MONEY));
 }
 
-int64_t ConsumeTime(FuzzedDataProvider& fuzzed_data_provider, const std::optional<int64_t>& min, const std::optional<int64_t>& max) noexcept
+NodeSeconds ConsumeTime(FuzzedDataProvider& fuzzed_data_provider, const std::optional<int64_t>& min, const std::optional<int64_t>& max) noexcept
 {
     // Avoid t=0 (1970-01-01T00:00:00Z) since SetMockTime(0) disables mocktime.
     static const int64_t time_min{ParseISO8601DateTime("2000-01-01T00:00:01Z").value()};
     static const int64_t time_max{ParseISO8601DateTime("2100-12-31T23:59:59Z").value()};
-    return fuzzed_data_provider.ConsumeIntegralInRange<int64_t>(min.value_or(time_min), max.value_or(time_max));
+    return NodeSeconds{ConsumeDuration(fuzzed_data_provider, min.value_or(time_min) * 1s, max.value_or(time_max) * 1s)};
+}
+
+std::chrono::seconds ConsumeDuration(FuzzedDataProvider& fuzzed_data_provider, std::chrono::seconds min, std::chrono::seconds max) noexcept
+{
+    return 1s * fuzzed_data_provider.ConsumeIntegralInRange<int64_t>(min.count(), max.count());
 }
 
 CMutableTransaction ConsumeTransaction(FuzzedDataProvider& fuzzed_data_provider, const std::optional<std::vector<Txid>>& prevout_txids, const int max_num_in, const int max_num_out) noexcept
diff --git a/src/test/fuzz/util.h b/src/test/fuzz/util.h
index a7b1bfd54ed..3947ee12a60 100644
--- a/src/test/fuzz/util.h
+++ b/src/test/fuzz/util.h
@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ template <typename WeakEnumType, size_t size>
 
 [[nodiscard]] CAmount ConsumeMoney(FuzzedDataProvider& fuzzed_data_provider, const std::optional<CAmount>& max = std::nullopt) noexcept;
 
-[[nodiscard]] int64_t ConsumeTime(FuzzedDataProvider& fuzzed_data_provider, const std::optional<int64_t>& min = std::nullopt, const std::optional<int64_t>& max = std::nullopt) noexcept;
+[[nodiscard]] NodeSeconds ConsumeTime(FuzzedDataProvider& fuzzed_data_provider, const std::optional<int64_t>& min = std::nullopt, const std::optional<int64_t>& max = std::nullopt) noexcept;
+[[nodiscard]] std::chrono::seconds ConsumeDuration(FuzzedDataProvider& fuzzed_data_provider, std::chrono::seconds min, std::chrono::seconds max) noexcept;
 
 [[nodiscard]] CMutableTransaction ConsumeTransaction(FuzzedDataProvider& fuzzed_data_provider, const std::optional<std::vector<Txid>>& prevout_txids, int max_num_in = 10, int max_num_out = 10) noexcept;