diff --git a/esphome/components/mcp4461/mcp4461.cpp b/esphome/components/mcp4461/mcp4461.cpp
index 5cc094e15b..7b6b5ad59d 100644
--- a/esphome/components/mcp4461/mcp4461.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/mcp4461/mcp4461.cpp
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ bool Mcp4461Component::mcp4461_write_(uint8_t addr, uint16_t data, bool nonvolat
     }
     this->previous_write_exec_time_ = millis();
     auto err = this->write_byte(reg, value_byte);
-    return err;
+    return err == i2c::ERROR_OK;;
   }
 }
 }  // namespace mcp4461