diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
index 89da912aea..4f32112fa6 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
@@ -116,8 +116,7 @@ void APIConnection::start() {
 
   APIError err = this->helper_->init();
   if (err != APIError::OK) {
-    on_fatal_error();
-    this->log_warning_(LOG_STR("Helper init failed"), err);
+    this->fatal_error_with_log_(LOG_STR("Helper init failed"), err);
     return;
   }
   this->client_info_.peername = helper_->getpeername();
@@ -147,8 +146,7 @@ void APIConnection::loop() {
 
   APIError err = this->helper_->loop();
   if (err != APIError::OK) {
-    on_fatal_error();
-    this->log_socket_operation_failed_(err);
+    this->fatal_error_with_log_(LOG_STR("Socket operation failed"), err);
     return;
   }
 
@@ -163,8 +161,7 @@ void APIConnection::loop() {
         // No more data available
         break;
       } else if (err != APIError::OK) {
-        on_fatal_error();
-        this->log_warning_(LOG_STR("Reading failed"), err);
+        this->fatal_error_with_log_(LOG_STR("Reading failed"), err);
         return;
       } else {
         this->last_traffic_ = now;
@@ -1577,8 +1574,7 @@ bool APIConnection::try_to_clear_buffer(bool log_out_of_space) {
   delay(0);
   APIError err = this->helper_->loop();
   if (err != APIError::OK) {
-    on_fatal_error();
-    this->log_socket_operation_failed_(err);
+    this->fatal_error_with_log_(LOG_STR("Socket operation failed"), err);
     return false;
   }
   if (this->helper_->can_write_without_blocking())
@@ -1597,8 +1593,7 @@ bool APIConnection::send_buffer(ProtoWriteBuffer buffer, uint8_t message_type) {
   if (err == APIError::WOULD_BLOCK)
     return false;
   if (err != APIError::OK) {
-    on_fatal_error();
-    this->log_warning_(LOG_STR("Packet write failed"), err);
+    this->fatal_error_with_log_(LOG_STR("Packet write failed"), err);
     return false;
   }
   // Do not set last_traffic_ on send
@@ -1784,8 +1779,7 @@ void APIConnection::process_batch_() {
   APIError err = this->helper_->write_protobuf_packets(ProtoWriteBuffer{&shared_buf},
                                                        std::span<const PacketInfo>(packet_info, packet_count));
   if (err != APIError::OK && err != APIError::WOULD_BLOCK) {
-    on_fatal_error();
-    this->log_warning_(LOG_STR("Batch write failed"), err);
+    this->fatal_error_with_log_(LOG_STR("Batch write failed"), err);
   }
 
 #ifdef HAS_PROTO_MESSAGE_DUMP
@@ -1868,9 +1862,5 @@ void APIConnection::log_warning_(const LogString *message, APIError err) {
            LOG_STR_ARG(message), LOG_STR_ARG(api_error_to_logstr(err)), errno);
 }
 
-void APIConnection::log_socket_operation_failed_(APIError err) {
-  this->log_warning_(LOG_STR("Socket operation failed"), err);
-}
-
 }  // namespace esphome::api
 #endif
diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.h b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.h
index a21574f6d5..ee9c81026c 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.h
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.h
@@ -732,8 +732,11 @@ class APIConnection final : public APIServerConnection {
 
   // Helper function to log API errors with errno
   void log_warning_(const LogString *message, APIError err);
-  // Specific helper for duplicated error message
-  void log_socket_operation_failed_(APIError err);
+  // Helper to handle fatal errors with logging
+  inline void fatal_error_with_log_(const LogString *message, APIError err) {
+    this->on_fatal_error();
+    this->log_warning_(message, err);
+  }
 };
 
 }  // namespace esphome::api