diff --git a/esphome/components/waveshare_epaper/waveshare_epaper.cpp b/esphome/components/waveshare_epaper/waveshare_epaper.cpp
index b6c010603e..141fdd4b43 100644
--- a/esphome/components/waveshare_epaper/waveshare_epaper.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/waveshare_epaper/waveshare_epaper.cpp
@@ -175,11 +175,6 @@ void WaveshareEPaper::fill(Color color) {
     this->buffer_[i] = fill;
 }
 void WaveshareEPaper7C::init_internal_(uint32_t buffer_length) {
-  if (heap_caps_get_free_size(MALLOC_CAP_INTERNAL) < buffer_length) {
-    ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Could not allocate buffers, not enough ram!");
-    return;
-  }
-
   ExternalRAMAllocator<uint8_t> allocator(ExternalRAMAllocator<uint8_t>::ALLOW_FAILURE);
   uint32_t small_buffer_length = buffer_length / NUM_BUFFERS;
 
@@ -207,7 +202,7 @@ uint8_t WaveshareEPaper7C::color_to_hex(Color color) {
         hex_code = 0x5;  // Yellow
       }
     } else {
-      if (color.green > 85 && color.green < 170 ) {
+      if (color.green > 85 && color.green < 170) {
         hex_code = 0x6;  // Orange
       } else {
         hex_code = 0x4;  // Red
diff --git a/esphome/components/waveshare_epaper/waveshare_epaper.h b/esphome/components/waveshare_epaper/waveshare_epaper.h
index 15ec0437bf..d6776bc6d1 100644
--- a/esphome/components/waveshare_epaper/waveshare_epaper.h
+++ b/esphome/components/waveshare_epaper/waveshare_epaper.h
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ class WaveshareEPaperBase : public display::DisplayBuffer,
   GPIOPin *dc_pin_;
   GPIOPin *busy_pin_{nullptr};
   virtual uint32_t idle_timeout_() { return 1000u; }  // NOLINT(readability-identifier-naming)
-
-  virtual void init_internal_(uint32_t buffer_length);
 };
 
 class WaveshareEPaper : public WaveshareEPaperBase {
@@ -98,7 +96,7 @@ class WaveshareEPaper7C : public WaveshareEPaperBase {
  protected:
   void draw_absolute_pixel_internal(int x, int y, Color color) override;
   uint32_t get_buffer_length_() override;
-  void init_internal_(uint32_t buffer_length) override;
+  void init_internal_(uint32_t buffer_length);
 
   static const int NUM_BUFFERS = 10;
   uint8_t *buffers_[NUM_BUFFERS];
@@ -289,7 +287,6 @@ class GDEW0154M09 : public WaveshareEPaper {
   void display() override;
   void dump_config() override;
   void deep_sleep() override;
-  using WaveshareEPaper::init_internal_;
 
  protected:
   int get_width_internal() override;