diff --git a/esphome/components/whirlpool/whirlpool.cpp b/esphome/components/whirlpool/whirlpool.cpp
index 1ac32f30da..6fe735362d 100644
--- a/esphome/components/whirlpool/whirlpool.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/whirlpool/whirlpool.cpp
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ bool WhirlpoolClimate::on_receive(remote_base::RemoteReceiveData data) {
   }
 
   uint8_t remote_state[WHIRLPOOL_STATE_LENGTH] = {0};
+  bool skip_footer = false;
   // Read all bytes.
   for (int i = 0; i < WHIRLPOOL_STATE_LENGTH; i++) {
     // Read bit
@@ -170,6 +171,13 @@ bool WhirlpoolClimate::on_receive(remote_base::RemoteReceiveData data) {
       if (!data.expect_item(WHIRLPOOL_BIT_MARK, WHIRLPOOL_GAP))
         return false;
     }
+    if (i == 14 && !data.is_valid()) {
+      // Remote control only sent 14 bytes, nothing more to read, not even the footer
+      ESP_LOGV(TAG, "Remote control only sent %d bytes", i);
+      skip_footer = true;
+      break;
+    }
+
     for (int j = 0; j < 8; j++) {
       if (data.expect_item(WHIRLPOOL_BIT_MARK, WHIRLPOOL_ONE_SPACE)) {
         remote_state[i] |= 1 << j;
@@ -183,7 +191,7 @@ bool WhirlpoolClimate::on_receive(remote_base::RemoteReceiveData data) {
     ESP_LOGVV(TAG, "Byte %d %02X", i, remote_state[i]);
   }
   // Validate footer
-  if (!data.expect_mark(WHIRLPOOL_BIT_MARK)) {
+  if (!data.expect_mark(WHIRLPOOL_BIT_MARK) && !skip_footer) {
     ESP_LOGV(TAG, "Footer fail");
     return false;
   }
@@ -196,7 +204,7 @@ bool WhirlpoolClimate::on_receive(remote_base::RemoteReceiveData data) {
   for (uint8_t i = 14; i < 20; i++)
     checksum20 ^= remote_state[i];
 
-  if (checksum13 != remote_state[13] || checksum20 != remote_state[20]) {
+  if (checksum13 != remote_state[13] || (!skip_footer && checksum20 != remote_state[20])) {
     ESP_LOGVV(TAG, "Checksum fail");
     return false;
   }