diff --git a/esphome/components/esp_adf/microphone/esp_adf_microphone.cpp b/esphome/components/esp_adf/microphone/esp_adf_microphone.cpp
index 975d9f4898..ec3b7cbee2 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esp_adf/microphone/esp_adf_microphone.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/esp_adf/microphone/esp_adf_microphone.cpp
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ void ESPADFMicrophone::stop() {
 }
 
 size_t ESPADFMicrophone::read(int16_t *buf, size_t len) {
-  if (rb_bytes_available(this->ring_buffer_) == 0) {
+  if (rb_bytes_filled(this->ring_buffer_) == 0) {
     return 0;  // No data
   }
   int bytes_read = rb_read(this->ring_buffer_, (char *) buf, len, 0);