diff --git a/esphome/components/cst816/touchscreen/cst816_touchscreen.cpp b/esphome/components/cst816/touchscreen/cst816_touchscreen.cpp
index 0ba2d9df9..8ed9fa3f8 100644
--- a/esphome/components/cst816/touchscreen/cst816_touchscreen.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/cst816/touchscreen/cst816_touchscreen.cpp
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ void CST816Touchscreen::continue_setup_() {
       case CST816T_CHIP_ID:
         break;
       default:
-        this->mark_failed();
         this->status_set_error(str_sprintf("Unknown chip ID 0x%02X", this->chip_id_).c_str());
+        this->mark_failed();
         return;
     }
     this->write_byte(REG_IRQ_CTL, IRQ_EN_MOTION);
diff --git a/esphome/components/packet_transport/packet_transport.cpp b/esphome/components/packet_transport/packet_transport.cpp
index 8bde4ee50..857b40ca0 100644
--- a/esphome/components/packet_transport/packet_transport.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/packet_transport/packet_transport.cpp
@@ -195,8 +195,8 @@ static void add(std::vector<uint8_t> &vec, const char *str) {
 void PacketTransport::setup() {
   this->name_ = App.get_name().c_str();
   if (strlen(this->name_) > 255) {
-    this->mark_failed();
     this->status_set_error("Device name exceeds 255 chars");
+    this->mark_failed();
     return;
   }
   this->resend_ping_key_ = this->ping_pong_enable_;
diff --git a/esphome/components/udp/udp_component.cpp b/esphome/components/udp/udp_component.cpp
index 8a9ce612b..7714793e1 100644
--- a/esphome/components/udp/udp_component.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/udp/udp_component.cpp
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ void UDPComponent::setup() {
   if (this->should_broadcast_) {
     this->broadcast_socket_ = socket::socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_IP);
     if (this->broadcast_socket_ == nullptr) {
-      this->mark_failed();
       this->status_set_error("Could not create socket");
+      this->mark_failed();
       return;
     }
     int enable = 1;
@@ -41,15 +41,15 @@ void UDPComponent::setup() {
   if (this->should_listen_) {
     this->listen_socket_ = socket::socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_IP);
     if (this->listen_socket_ == nullptr) {
-      this->mark_failed();
       this->status_set_error("Could not create socket");
+      this->mark_failed();
       return;
     }
     auto err = this->listen_socket_->setblocking(false);
     if (err < 0) {
       ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Unable to set nonblocking: errno %d", errno);
-      this->mark_failed();
       this->status_set_error("Unable to set nonblocking");
+      this->mark_failed();
       return;
     }
     int enable = 1;
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ void UDPComponent::setup() {
       err = this->listen_socket_->setsockopt(IPPROTO_IP, IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP, &imreq, sizeof(imreq));
       if (err < 0) {
         ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Failed to set IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP. Error %d", errno);
-        this->mark_failed();
         this->status_set_error("Failed to set IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP");
+        this->mark_failed();
         return;
       }
     }
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ void UDPComponent::setup() {
     err = this->listen_socket_->bind((struct sockaddr *) &server, sizeof(server));
     if (err != 0) {
       ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Socket unable to bind: errno %d", errno);
-      this->mark_failed();
       this->status_set_error("Unable to bind socket");
+      this->mark_failed();
       return;
     }
   }
diff --git a/esphome/components/wake_on_lan/wake_on_lan.cpp b/esphome/components/wake_on_lan/wake_on_lan.cpp
index adf5a080e..7993abd7e 100644
--- a/esphome/components/wake_on_lan/wake_on_lan.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/wake_on_lan/wake_on_lan.cpp
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ void WakeOnLanButton::setup() {
 #if defined(USE_SOCKET_IMPL_BSD_SOCKETS) || defined(USE_SOCKET_IMPL_LWIP_SOCKETS)
   this->broadcast_socket_ = socket::socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_IP);
   if (this->broadcast_socket_ == nullptr) {
-    this->mark_failed();
     this->status_set_error("Could not create socket");
+    this->mark_failed();
     return;
   }
   int enable = 1;