From f058107c0562f236aabb0bea9547f5e388249804 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@koston.org>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 23:33:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] tweak

---
 esphome/core/component.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/esphome/core/component.cpp b/esphome/core/component.cpp
index 625a7b2125..f86a90d607 100644
--- a/esphome/core/component.cpp
+++ b/esphome/core/component.cpp
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ bool Component::is_in_loop_state() const {
   return (this->component_state_ & COMPONENT_STATE_MASK) == COMPONENT_STATE_LOOP;
 }
 void Component::defer(std::function<void()> &&f) {  // NOLINT
-  App.scheduler.set_timeout(this, "", 0, std::move(f));
+  App.scheduler.set_timeout(this, static_cast<const char *>(nullptr), 0, std::move(f));
 }
 bool Component::cancel_defer(const std::string &name) {  // NOLINT
   return App.scheduler.cancel_timeout(this, name);