diff --git a/tests/components/squeezebox/conftest.py b/tests/components/squeezebox/conftest.py
index a3adf05f5f0..0108dacb00a 100644
--- a/tests/components/squeezebox/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/components/squeezebox/conftest.py
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ 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 f71a7db23ba..1890cde5293 100644
--- a/tests/components/squeezebox/test_media_player.py
+++ b/tests/components/squeezebox/test_media_player.py
@@ -831,8 +831,6 @@ 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",