diff --git a/esphome/components/modbus_controller/modbus_controller.cpp b/esphome/components/modbus_controller/modbus_controller.cpp
index bd2fec3ece..e60b016a17 100644
--- a/esphome/components/modbus_controller/modbus_controller.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/modbus_controller/modbus_controller.cpp
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ size_t ModbusController::create_register_ranges_() {
       }
     }
 
-    if (curr->start_address == r.start_address) {
+    if (curr->start_address == r.start_address && curr->register_type == r.register_type) {
       // use the lowest non zero value for the whole range
       // Because zero is the default value for skip_updates it is excluded from getting the min value.
       if (curr->skip_updates != 0) {