diff --git a/fuzztest/internal/centipede_adaptor.cc b/fuzztest/internal/centipede_adaptor.cc
index fa7bd4d8..2b1a9652 100644
--- a/fuzztest/internal/centipede_adaptor.cc
+++ b/fuzztest/internal/centipede_adaptor.cc
@@ -575,6 +575,8 @@ bool CentipedeFuzzerAdaptor::Run(int* argc, char*** argv, RunMode mode,
   runtime_.SetCurrentTest(&test_, &configuration);
   if (is_running_property_function_in_this_process) {
     if (IsSilenceTargetEnabled()) SilenceTargetStdoutAndStderr();
+    // TODO(b/393582695): Consider whether we need some kind of reporting
+    // enabled in the controller mode to handle test setup failures.
     runtime_.EnableReporter(&fuzzer_impl_.stats_, [] { return absl::Now(); });
   }
   fuzzer_impl_.fixture_driver_->SetUpFuzzTest();
diff --git a/fuzztest/internal/runtime.cc b/fuzztest/internal/runtime.cc
index 9a0723b6..f77f06af 100644
--- a/fuzztest/internal/runtime.cc
+++ b/fuzztest/internal/runtime.cc
@@ -957,6 +957,8 @@ void PopulateLimits(const Configuration& configuration,
 }
 
 bool FuzzTestFuzzerImpl::RunInUnitTestMode(const Configuration& configuration) {
+  runtime_.SetCurrentTest(&test_, &configuration);
+  runtime_.EnableReporter(&stats_, [] { return absl::Now(); });
   runtime_.SetSkippingRequested(false);
   fixture_driver_->SetUpFuzzTest();
   [&] {
@@ -968,8 +970,6 @@ bool FuzzTestFuzzerImpl::RunInUnitTestMode(const Configuration& configuration) {
     }
     runtime_.StartWatchdog();
     PopulateLimits(configuration, execution_coverage_);
-    runtime_.EnableReporter(&stats_, [] { return absl::Now(); });
-    runtime_.SetCurrentTest(&test_, &configuration);
 
     // TODO(sbenzaquen): Currently, some infrastructure code assumes that replay
     // works in unit test mode, so we support it. However, we would like to
@@ -979,7 +979,6 @@ bool FuzzTestFuzzerImpl::RunInUnitTestMode(const Configuration& configuration) {
     if (ReplayInputsIfAvailable(configuration)) {
       // If ReplayInputs returns, it means the replay didn't crash.
       // In replay mode, we only replay.
-      runtime_.DisableReporter();
       return;
     }
 
@@ -1034,9 +1033,10 @@ bool FuzzTestFuzzerImpl::RunInUnitTestMode(const Configuration& configuration) {
         break;
       }
     }
-    runtime_.SetCurrentTest(nullptr, nullptr);
   }();
   fixture_driver_->TearDownFuzzTest();
+  runtime_.DisableReporter();
+  runtime_.SetCurrentTest(nullptr, nullptr);
   return true;
 }
 
@@ -1128,6 +1128,9 @@ void FuzzTestFuzzerImpl::MinimizeNonFatalFailureLocally(absl::BitGenRef prng) {
 
 bool FuzzTestFuzzerImpl::RunInFuzzingMode(int* /*argc*/, char*** /*argv*/,
                                           const Configuration& configuration) {
+  if (IsSilenceTargetEnabled()) SilenceTargetStdoutAndStderr();
+  runtime_.SetCurrentTest(&test_, &configuration);
+  runtime_.EnableReporter(&stats_, [] { return absl::Now(); });
   runtime_.SetSkippingRequested(false);
   fixture_driver_->SetUpFuzzTest();
   const bool success = [&] {
@@ -1141,11 +1144,6 @@ bool FuzzTestFuzzerImpl::RunInFuzzingMode(int* /*argc*/, char*** /*argv*/,
     PopulateLimits(configuration, execution_coverage_);
     runtime_.SetRunMode(RunMode::kFuzz);
 
-    if (IsSilenceTargetEnabled()) SilenceTargetStdoutAndStderr();
-
-    runtime_.EnableReporter(&stats_, [] { return absl::Now(); });
-    runtime_.SetCurrentTest(&test_, &configuration);
-
     if (ReplayInputsIfAvailable(configuration)) {
       // If ReplayInputs returns, it means the replay didn't crash.
       // We don't want to actually run the fuzzer so exit now.
@@ -1257,14 +1255,14 @@ bool FuzzTestFuzzerImpl::RunInFuzzingMode(int* /*argc*/, char*** /*argv*/,
       }
     }
 
-    runtime_.SetCurrentTest(nullptr, nullptr);
-
     absl::FPrintF(GetStderr(), "\n[.] Fuzzing was terminated.\n");
     runtime_.PrintFinalStatsOnDefaultSink();
     absl::FPrintF(GetStderr(), "\n");
     return true;
   }();
   fixture_driver_->TearDownFuzzTest();
+  runtime_.DisableReporter();
+  runtime_.SetCurrentTest(nullptr, nullptr);
   return success;
 }
 
diff --git a/fuzztest/internal/runtime.h b/fuzztest/internal/runtime.h
index 1b83d888..3ac8dd2f 100644
--- a/fuzztest/internal/runtime.h
+++ b/fuzztest/internal/runtime.h
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ class Runtime {
   void SetRunMode(RunMode run_mode) { run_mode_ = run_mode; }
   RunMode run_mode() const { return run_mode_; }
 
+  // Enables the crash reporter.
+  // REQUIRES: `SetCurrentTest()` has been called with non-null arguments.
   void EnableReporter(const RuntimeStats* stats, absl::Time (*clock_fn)()) {
     reporter_enabled_ = true;
     stats_ = stats;
@@ -176,7 +178,11 @@ class Runtime {
     UntypedDomain& domain;
   };
 
+  // Sets the current test and configuration.
+  // REQUIRES: Before passing null arguments, the reporter must be disabled by
+  // calling `DisableReporter()`.
   void SetCurrentTest(const FuzzTest* test, const Configuration* configuration);
+
   void OnTestIterationStart(const absl::Time& start_time) {
     current_iteration_start_time_ = start_time;
     test_iteration_started_ = true;