diff --git a/esphome/components/esp32_ble/ble_event_pool.h b/esphome/components/esp32_ble/ble_event_pool.h
index 21f1114608..df92c138c3 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esp32_ble/ble_event_pool.h
+++ b/esphome/components/esp32_ble/ble_event_pool.h
@@ -42,18 +42,14 @@ template<uint8_t SIZE> class BLEEventPool {
       RAMAllocator<BLEEvent> allocator(RAMAllocator<BLEEvent>::ALLOC_INTERNAL);
       event = allocator.allocate(1);
 
-      if (event == nullptr) {
-        // Fall back to regular allocation
-        event = new BLEEvent();
-      } else {
+      if (event != nullptr) {
         // Placement new to construct the object
         new (event) BLEEvent();
+        this->total_created_++;
       }
-
-      this->total_created_++;
     }
 
-    return event;
+    return event;  // Will be nullptr if allocation failed
   }
 
   // Return an event to the pool