diff --git a/test/common/http/utility_corpus/clusterfuzz-testcase-minimized-utility_fuzz_test-5091558495092736 b/test/common/http/utility_corpus/clusterfuzz-testcase-minimized-utility_fuzz_test-5091558495092736
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..aff9fb7726040
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/common/http/utility_corpus/clusterfuzz-testcase-minimized-utility_fuzz_test-5091558495092736
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+initialize_and_validate {
+  custom_settings_parameters {
+    identifier {
+      value: 11008
+    }
+    value {
+      value: 65536
+    }
+  }
+  custom_settings_parameters {
+    identifier {
+      value: 11008
+    }
+    value {
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/common/http/utility_corpus/valid b/test/common/http/utility_corpus/valid
index f47f99e15a995..1ea7275bf45e8 100644
--- a/test/common/http/utility_corpus/valid
+++ b/test/common/http/utility_corpus/valid
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-find_query_string: "\177\177\177\177\177\177\177\177\177\177\177\177\177\177\177\177\177\177\177\177\177\177\177\7\177\177\17
-U²@/177\177N¿77\177"
\ No newline at end of file
+find_query_string: "\177\177\177\177\177\177\177\177\177\177\177\177\177\177\177\177\177\177\177\177\177\177\177\7\177\177\17U²@/177\177N¿77\177"
diff --git a/test/common/http/utility_fuzz_test.cc b/test/common/http/utility_fuzz_test.cc
index e3524fde27e46..18d5c0c4c388a 100644
--- a/test/common/http/utility_fuzz_test.cc
+++ b/test/common/http/utility_fuzz_test.cc
@@ -79,7 +79,28 @@ DEFINE_PROTO_FUZZER(const test::common::http::UtilityTestCase& input) {
   }
   case test::common::http::UtilityTestCase::kInitializeAndValidate: {
     const auto& options = input.initialize_and_validate();
-    Http2::Utility::initializeAndValidateOptions(options);
+    try {
+      Http2::Utility::initializeAndValidateOptions(options);
+    } catch (EnvoyException& e) {
+      absl::string_view msg = e.what();
+      // initializeAndValidateOptions throws exceptions for 4 different reasons due to malformed
+      // settings, so check for them and allow any other exceptions through
+      if (absl::StartsWith(
+              msg, "server push is not supported by Envoy and can not be enabled via a SETTINGS "
+                   "parameter.") ||
+          absl::StartsWith(
+              msg, "the \"allow_connect\" SETTINGS parameter must only be configured through the "
+                   "named field") ||
+          absl::StartsWith(
+              msg, "inconsistent HTTP/2 custom SETTINGS parameter(s) detected; identifiers =") ||
+          absl::EndsWith(
+              msg, "HTTP/2 SETTINGS parameter(s) can not be configured through both named and "
+                   "custom parameters")) {
+        ENVOY_LOG_MISC(trace, "Caught exception {} in initializeAndValidateOptions test", e.what());
+      } else {
+        throw EnvoyException(e.what());
+      }
+    }
     break;
   }