diff --git a/esphome/components/graphical_display_menu/graphical_display_menu.cpp b/esphome/components/graphical_display_menu/graphical_display_menu.cpp
index 1a29536b46..2b120a746f 100644
--- a/esphome/components/graphical_display_menu/graphical_display_menu.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/graphical_display_menu/graphical_display_menu.cpp
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ void GraphicalDisplayMenu::draw_menu_internal_(display::Display *display, const
   int number_items_fit_to_screen = 0;
   const int max_item_index = this->displayed_item_->items_size() - 1;
 
-  for (size_t i = 0; i <= max_item_index; i++) {
+  for (size_t i = 0; max_item_index >= 0 && i <= static_cast<size_t>(max_item_index); i++) {
     const auto *item = this->displayed_item_->get_item(i);
     const bool selected = i == this->cursor_index_;
     const display::Rect item_dimensions = this->measure_item(display, item, bounds, selected);
@@ -174,7 +174,8 @@ void GraphicalDisplayMenu::draw_menu_internal_(display::Display *display, const
 
   display->filled_rectangle(bounds->x, bounds->y, max_width, total_height, this->background_color_);
   auto y_offset = bounds->y;
-  for (size_t i = first_item_index; i <= last_item_index; i++) {
+  for (size_t i = static_cast<size_t>(first_item_index);
+       last_item_index >= 0 && i <= static_cast<size_t>(last_item_index); i++) {
     const auto *item = this->displayed_item_->get_item(i);
     const bool selected = i == this->cursor_index_;
     display::Rect dimensions = menu_dimensions[i];