diff --git a/esphome/components/zwave_proxy/zwave_proxy.cpp b/esphome/components/zwave_proxy/zwave_proxy.cpp
index 1fe58ad349..e39f857743 100644
--- a/esphome/components/zwave_proxy/zwave_proxy.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/zwave_proxy/zwave_proxy.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ void ZWaveProxy::zwave_proxy_request(api::APIConnection *api_connection, api::en
         return;
       }
       this->api_connection_ = nullptr;
+      break;
     default:
       ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Unknown request type: %d", type);
       break;