diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server/web_server.cpp b/esphome/components/web_server/web_server.cpp
index e5ca83eb1a..91ca076474 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server/web_server.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server/web_server.cpp
@@ -1628,7 +1628,8 @@ void WebServer::handle_event_request(AsyncWebServerRequest *request, const UrlMa
 }
 
 static std::string get_event_type(event::Event *event) {
-  return (event && event->get_last_event_type()) ? event->get_last_event_type() : "";
+  const char *last_type = event ? event->get_last_event_type() : nullptr;
+  return last_type ? last_type : "";
 }
 
 std::string WebServer::event_state_json_generator(WebServer *web_server, void *source) {