diff --git a/esphome/components/esp32/gpio.cpp b/esphome/components/esp32/gpio.cpp
index a98245b889..392499836c 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esp32/gpio.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/esp32/gpio.cpp
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ void ESP32InternalGPIOPin::attach_interrupt(void (*func)(void *), void *arg, gpi
       break;
   }
   gpio_set_intr_type(this->get_pin_num(), idf_type);
-  gpio_intr_enable(this->get_pin_num());
   if (!isr_service_installed) {
     auto res = gpio_install_isr_service(ESP_INTR_FLAG_LEVEL3);
     if (res != ESP_OK) {