diff --git a/tests/components/squeezebox/conftest.py b/tests/components/squeezebox/conftest.py
index 0108dacb00a..a3adf05f5f0 100644
--- a/tests/components/squeezebox/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/components/squeezebox/conftest.py
@@ -327,7 +327,6 @@ def mock_pysqueezebox_server(
         mock_lms.async_status = AsyncMock(
             return_value={"uuid": format_mac(uuid), "version": FAKE_VERSION}
         )
-        mock_lms.async_prepared_status = mock_lms.async_status
         return mock_lms
 
 
diff --git a/tests/components/squeezebox/test_media_player.py b/tests/components/squeezebox/test_media_player.py
index 1890cde5293..f71a7db23ba 100644
--- a/tests/components/squeezebox/test_media_player.py
+++ b/tests/components/squeezebox/test_media_player.py
@@ -831,6 +831,8 @@ async def test_squeezebox_server_discovery(
         """Mock the async_discover function of pysqueezebox."""
         return callback(lms_factory(2))
 
+    lms.async_prepared_status.return_value = {}
+
     with (
         patch(
             "homeassistant.components.squeezebox.Server",