diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_frame_helper_noise.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_frame_helper_noise.cpp
index 8a3c14b432..eb56c1824c 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_frame_helper_noise.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_frame_helper_noise.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ static constexpr size_t PROLOGUE_INIT_LEN = 12;  // strlen("NoiseAPIInit")
   do { \
     char peername__[socket::PEERNAME_MAX_LEN]; \
     this->socket_->getpeername_to(peername__); \
-    ESP_LOGVV(TAG, "%s (%s): " msg, this->client_info_->name, peername__, ##__VA_ARGS__); \
+    ESP_LOGVV(TAG, "%s (%s): " msg, this->client_name_, peername__, ##__VA_ARGS__); \
   } while (0)
 #else
 #define HELPER_LOG(msg, ...) ((void) 0)