diff --git a/esphome/components/shtcx/shtcx.cpp b/esphome/components/shtcx/shtcx.cpp
index 356453d66a..317d8a5a8a 100644
--- a/esphome/components/shtcx/shtcx.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/shtcx/shtcx.cpp
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ void SHTCXComponent::soft_reset() {
   delayMicroseconds(200);
 }
 void SHTCXComponent::sleep() {
-  if (!this->write_command_(SHTCX_COMMAND_SLEEP)) {
+  this->write_command_(SHTCX_COMMAND_SLEEP)
     return;
   }
 }