diff --git a/sc/source/filter/html/htmlpars.cxx b/sc/source/filter/html/htmlpars.cxx
index cf4aa77a3ae3..924346c7de8e 100644
--- a/sc/source/filter/html/htmlpars.cxx
+++ b/sc/source/filter/html/htmlpars.cxx
@@ -1082,6 +1082,8 @@ void ScHTMLLayoutParser::TableDataOn( HtmlImportInfo* pInfo )
                     mxActEntry->nRowOverlap = static_cast<SCROW>(nRowOverlap);
                 else
                     SAL_WARN("sc", "ScHTMLLayoutParser::TableDataOn ignoring rowspan: " << nRowOverlap);
+                if (comphelper::IsFuzzing())
+                    mxActEntry->nRowOverlap = std::min(mxActEntry->nRowOverlap, sal_Int32(1024));
             }
             break;
             case HtmlOptionId::ALIGN: