diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
index b4646a2d7d..ca615a6d98 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
@@ -135,31 +135,35 @@ void APIConnection::loop() {
              api_error_to_str(err), errno);
     return;
   }
-  ReadPacketBuffer buffer;
-  err = this->helper_->read_packet(&buffer);
-  if (err == APIError::WOULD_BLOCK) {
-    // pass
-  } else if (err != APIError::OK) {
-    on_fatal_error();
-    if (err == APIError::SOCKET_READ_FAILED && errno == ECONNRESET) {
-      ESP_LOGW(TAG, "%s: Connection reset", this->client_combined_info_.c_str());
-    } else if (err == APIError::CONNECTION_CLOSED) {
-      ESP_LOGW(TAG, "%s: Connection closed", this->client_combined_info_.c_str());
-    } else {
-      ESP_LOGW(TAG, "%s: Reading failed: %s errno=%d", this->client_combined_info_.c_str(), api_error_to_str(err),
-               errno);
-    }
-    return;
-  } else {
-    this->last_traffic_ = App.get_loop_component_start_time();
-    // read a packet
-    if (buffer.data_len > 0) {
-      this->read_message(buffer.data_len, buffer.type, &buffer.container[buffer.data_offset]);
-    } else {
-      this->read_message(0, buffer.type, nullptr);
-    }
-    if (this->remove_)
+
+  // Check if socket has data ready before attempting to read
+  if (this->helper_->is_socket_ready()) {
+    ReadPacketBuffer buffer;
+    err = this->helper_->read_packet(&buffer);
+    if (err == APIError::WOULD_BLOCK) {
+      // pass
+    } else if (err != APIError::OK) {
+      on_fatal_error();
+      if (err == APIError::SOCKET_READ_FAILED && errno == ECONNRESET) {
+        ESP_LOGW(TAG, "%s: Connection reset", this->client_combined_info_.c_str());
+      } else if (err == APIError::CONNECTION_CLOSED) {
+        ESP_LOGW(TAG, "%s: Connection closed", this->client_combined_info_.c_str());
+      } else {
+        ESP_LOGW(TAG, "%s: Reading failed: %s errno=%d", this->client_combined_info_.c_str(), api_error_to_str(err),
+                 errno);
+      }
       return;
+    } else {
+      this->last_traffic_ = App.get_loop_component_start_time();
+      // read a packet
+      if (buffer.data_len > 0) {
+        this->read_message(buffer.data_len, buffer.type, &buffer.container[buffer.data_offset]);
+      } else {
+        this->read_message(0, buffer.type, nullptr);
+      }
+      if (this->remove_)
+        return;
+    }
   }
 
   if (!this->deferred_message_queue_.empty() && this->helper_->can_write_without_blocking()) {
diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_frame_helper.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_frame_helper.cpp
index 8b591c3eeb..19983e3456 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_frame_helper.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_frame_helper.cpp
@@ -307,11 +307,6 @@ APIError APINoiseFrameHelper::try_read_frame_(ParsedFrame *frame) {
     return APIError::BAD_ARG;
   }
 
-  // Check if socket has data available before attempting to read
-  if (!socket_->ready()) {
-    return APIError::WOULD_BLOCK;
-  }
-
   // read header
   if (rx_header_buf_len_ < 3) {
     // no header information yet
@@ -834,11 +829,6 @@ APIError APIPlaintextFrameHelper::try_read_frame_(ParsedFrame *frame) {
     return APIError::BAD_ARG;
   }
 
-  // Check if socket has data available before attempting to read
-  if (!socket_->ready()) {
-    return APIError::WOULD_BLOCK;
-  }
-
   // read header
   while (!rx_header_parsed_) {
     uint8_t data;
diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_frame_helper.h b/esphome/components/api/api_frame_helper.h
index 16ce1edf12..90bd0164e3 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_frame_helper.h
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_frame_helper.h
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ class APIFrameHelper {
   virtual uint8_t frame_header_padding() = 0;
   // Get the frame footer size required by this protocol
   virtual uint8_t frame_footer_size() = 0;
+  // Check if socket has data ready to read
+  bool is_socket_ready() const { return socket_ != nullptr && socket_->ready(); }
 
  protected:
   // Struct for holding parsed frame data