diff --git a/libafl/src/mutators/mopt_mutator.rs b/libafl/src/mutators/mopt_mutator.rs
index 6f923d9a3f..377d0f6580 100644
--- a/libafl/src/mutators/mopt_mutator.rs
+++ b/libafl/src/mutators/mopt_mutator.rs
@@ -532,7 +532,9 @@ where
 {
     /// Create a new [`StdMOptMutator`].
     pub fn new(state: &mut S, mutations: MT, swarm_num: usize) -> Result<Self, Error> {
-        state.add_metadata::<MOpt>(MOpt::new(mutations.len(), swarm_num)?);
+        if !state.has_metadata::<MOpt>() {
+            state.add_metadata::<MOpt>(MOpt::new(mutations.len(), swarm_num)?);
+        }
         Ok(Self {
             mode: MOptMode::Pilotfuzzing,
             finds_before: 0,
diff --git a/libafl/src/schedulers/accounting.rs b/libafl/src/schedulers/accounting.rs
index ee31da7bba..a8d739ccd4 100644
--- a/libafl/src/schedulers/accounting.rs
+++ b/libafl/src/schedulers/accounting.rs
@@ -263,7 +263,16 @@ where
     /// Creates a new [`CoverageAccountingScheduler`] that wraps a `base` [`Scheduler`]
     /// and has a default probability to skip non-faved [`Testcase`]s of [`DEFAULT_SKIP_NON_FAVORED_PROB`].
     pub fn new(state: &mut S, base: CS, accounting_map: &'a [u32]) -> Self {
-        state.add_metadata(TopAccountingMetadata::new(accounting_map.len()));
+        match state.metadata().get::<TopAccountingMetadata>() {
+            Some(meta) => {
+                if meta.max_accounting.len() != accounting_map.len() {
+                    state.add_metadata(TopAccountingMetadata::new(accounting_map.len()));
+                }
+            }
+            None => {
+                state.add_metadata(TopAccountingMetadata::new(accounting_map.len()));
+            }
+        }
         Self {
             accounting_map,
             inner: MinimizerScheduler::new(base),
@@ -279,7 +288,16 @@ where
         skip_non_favored_prob: u64,
         accounting_map: &'a [u32],
     ) -> Self {
-        state.add_metadata(TopAccountingMetadata::new(accounting_map.len()));
+        match state.metadata().get::<TopAccountingMetadata>() {
+            Some(meta) => {
+                if meta.max_accounting.len() != accounting_map.len() {
+                    state.add_metadata(TopAccountingMetadata::new(accounting_map.len()));
+                }
+            }
+            None => {
+                state.add_metadata(TopAccountingMetadata::new(accounting_map.len()));
+            }
+        }
         Self {
             accounting_map,
             inner: MinimizerScheduler::with_skip_prob(base, skip_non_favored_prob),
diff --git a/libafl/src/stages/power.rs b/libafl/src/stages/power.rs
index 86545aad0e..88bddf82b1 100644
--- a/libafl/src/stages/power.rs
+++ b/libafl/src/stages/power.rs
@@ -182,7 +182,9 @@ where
 {
     /// Creates a new [`PowerMutationalStage`]
     pub fn new(state: &mut S, mutator: M, map_observer_name: &O, strat: PowerSchedule) -> Self {
-        state.add_metadata::<PowerScheduleMetadata>(PowerScheduleMetadata::new(strat));
+        if !state.has_metadata::<PowerScheduleMetadata>() {
+            state.add_metadata::<PowerScheduleMetadata>(PowerScheduleMetadata::new(strat));
+        }
         Self {
             map_observer_name: map_observer_name.name().to_string(),
             mutator,