diff --git a/test/core/end2end/fuzzers/api_fuzzer.cc b/test/core/end2end/fuzzers/api_fuzzer.cc
index 3cec7990f423a..a209b17d3999a 100644
--- a/test/core/end2end/fuzzers/api_fuzzer.cc
+++ b/test/core/end2end/fuzzers/api_fuzzer.cc
@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ ApiFuzzer::Result ApiFuzzer::CreateChannel(
   ChannelArgs args = testing::CreateChannelArgsFromFuzzingConfiguration(
       create_channel.channel_args(), fuzzing_env);
   if (create_channel.inproc()) {
+    if (server_ == nullptr) return Result::kFailed;
     channel_ = grpc_inproc_channel_create(server_, args.ToC().get(), nullptr);
   } else {
     grpc_channel_credentials* creds =
diff --git a/test/core/end2end/fuzzers/api_fuzzer_corpus/5611761370202112 b/test/core/end2end/fuzzers/api_fuzzer_corpus/5611761370202112
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..31acad3f8be7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/core/end2end/fuzzers/api_fuzzer_corpus/5611761370202112
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+actions {
+  create_channel {
+    inproc: true
+  }
+}