diff --git a/esphome/core/gpio.cpp b/esphome/core/gpio.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d8353ab64c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/esphome/core/gpio.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#include "esphome/core/gpio.h"
+#include "esphome/core/log.h"
+
+namespace esphome {
+
+void log_pin(const char *tag, const char *prefix, GPIOPin *pin) {
+  if (pin == nullptr)
+    return;
+  char buffer[GPIO_SUMMARY_MAX_LEN];
+  pin->dump_summary(buffer, sizeof(buffer));
+  esp_log_printf_(ESPHOME_LOG_LEVEL_CONFIG, tag, __LINE__, "%s%s", prefix, buffer);
+}
+
+}  // namespace esphome
diff --git a/esphome/core/gpio.h b/esphome/core/gpio.h
index 5d25fd4ad1..fe53802abf 100644
--- a/esphome/core/gpio.h
+++ b/esphome/core/gpio.h
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ namespace esphome {
 /// Maximum buffer size for dump_summary output
 inline constexpr size_t GPIO_SUMMARY_MAX_LEN = 48;
 
-#define LOG_PIN(prefix, pin) \
-  if ((pin) != nullptr) { \
-    char esphome_pin_buf_[GPIO_SUMMARY_MAX_LEN]; \
-    (pin)->dump_summary(esphome_pin_buf_, sizeof(esphome_pin_buf_)); \
-    ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, prefix "%s", esphome_pin_buf_); \
-  }
+class GPIOPin;  // Forward declaration
+
+/// Log a pin summary to the config log
+void log_pin(const char *tag, const char *prefix, GPIOPin *pin);
+
+#define LOG_PIN(prefix, pin) log_pin(TAG, prefix, pin)
 
 // put GPIO flags in a namespace to not pollute esphome namespace
 namespace gpio {