diff --git a/src/ipc/ipc4/helper.c b/src/ipc/ipc4/helper.c
index fd8bd8bf3dbc..162620423be1 100644
--- a/src/ipc/ipc4/helper.c
+++ b/src/ipc/ipc4/helper.c
@@ -1361,6 +1361,53 @@ __cold const struct comp_driver *ipc4_get_comp_drv(uint32_t module_id)
 
 #ifdef RIMAGE_MANIFEST
 	desc = (const struct sof_man_fw_desc *)IMR_BOOT_LDR_MANIFEST_BASE;
+#elif defined(CONFIG_ARCH_POSIX_LIBFUZZER)
+	/*
+	 * native_sim fuzz builds have no rimage manifest so ipc4_get_comp_drv()
+	 * would always return NULL, making every module instance verb
+	 * (INIT_INSTANCE, CONFIG_GET/SET, LARGE_CONFIG, BIND, UNBIND,
+	 * DELETE_INSTANCE) unreachable from the fuzzer.
+	 *
+	 * Mirror the IPC3 whitebox hack in posix/ipc.c: treat module_id as a
+	 * 1-based index into the runtime comp_driver list.  module_id 0 (BaseFW)
+	 * has no comp_driver entry and is handled separately above via
+	 * ipc4_get_drv(); non-zero ids map to registered drivers so the fuzzer
+	 * can create real module instances with valid driver UUIDs.
+	 */
+	if (module_id) {
+		struct comp_driver_list *dlist = comp_drivers_get();
+		struct list_item *iter;
+		uint32_t idx = 0;
+
+		list_for_item(iter, &dlist->list) {
+			struct comp_driver_info *inf =
+				container_of(iter, struct comp_driver_info, list);
+
+			/* Only count drivers that can be instantiated —
+			 * skip BaseFW and other query-only entries that
+			 * have no create op.
+			 */
+			if (!inf->drv->ops.create)
+				continue;
+
+			/*
+			 * A real signed manifest only lists module-adapter
+			 * modules. The internal gateway drivers (SOF_COMP_HOST,
+			 * SOF_COMP_DAI) are registered for IPC3 but are never
+			 * IPC4 modules: on the IPC4 path they receive no params()
+			 * pass and cannot be configured (e.g. their DMA buffer is
+			 * never allocated). Skip non-module-adapter drivers here
+			 * so the fuzzer's module_id space matches a real manifest
+			 * and cannot map to an unconfigurable component.
+			 */
+			if (inf->drv->type != SOF_COMP_MODULE_ADAPTER)
+				continue;
+
+			if (++idx == module_id)
+				return inf->drv;
+		}
+	}
+	return NULL;
 #else
 	/* Non-rimage platforms have no component facility yet.
 	 * This needs to move to the platform layer.