diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
index 0a3923b679..31a3072e2e 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
@@ -79,14 +79,16 @@ APIConnection::APIConnection(std::unique_ptr<socket::Socket> sock, APIServer *pa
 #if defined(USE_API_PLAINTEXT) && defined(USE_API_NOISE)
   auto noise_ctx = parent->get_noise_ctx();
   if (noise_ctx->has_psk()) {
-    this->helper_ = std::unique_ptr<APIFrameHelper>{new APINoiseFrameHelper(std::move(sock), noise_ctx)};
+    this->helper_ =
+        std::unique_ptr<APIFrameHelper>{new APINoiseFrameHelper(std::move(sock), noise_ctx, &this->client_info_)};
   } else {
-    this->helper_ = std::unique_ptr<APIFrameHelper>{new APIPlaintextFrameHelper(std::move(sock))};
+    this->helper_ = std::unique_ptr<APIFrameHelper>{new APIPlaintextFrameHelper(std::move(sock), &this->client_info_)};
   }
 #elif defined(USE_API_PLAINTEXT)
-  this->helper_ = std::unique_ptr<APIFrameHelper>{new APIPlaintextFrameHelper(std::move(sock))};
+  this->helper_ = std::unique_ptr<APIFrameHelper>{new APIPlaintextFrameHelper(std::move(sock), &this->client_info_)};
 #elif defined(USE_API_NOISE)
-  this->helper_ = std::unique_ptr<APIFrameHelper>{new APINoiseFrameHelper(std::move(sock), parent->get_noise_ctx())};
+  this->helper_ = std::unique_ptr<APIFrameHelper>{
+      new APINoiseFrameHelper(std::move(sock), parent->get_noise_ctx(), &this->client_info_)};
 #else
 #error "No frame helper defined"
 #endif
@@ -111,7 +113,6 @@ void APIConnection::start() {
   }
   this->client_info_.peername = helper_->getpeername();
   this->client_info_.name = this->client_info_.peername;
-  this->helper_->set_client_info(&this->client_info_);
 }
 
 APIConnection::~APIConnection() {
diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_frame_helper.h b/esphome/components/api/api_frame_helper.h
index 3bc8700699..a625ab52b2 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_frame_helper.h
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_frame_helper.h
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ const char *api_error_to_str(APIError err);
 class APIFrameHelper {
  public:
   APIFrameHelper() = default;
-  explicit APIFrameHelper(std::unique_ptr<socket::Socket> socket) : socket_owned_(std::move(socket)) {
+  explicit APIFrameHelper(std::unique_ptr<socket::Socket> socket, const ClientInfo *client_info)
+      : socket_owned_(std::move(socket)), client_info_(client_info) {
     socket_ = socket_owned_.get();
   }
   virtual ~APIFrameHelper() = default;
@@ -97,8 +98,6 @@ class APIFrameHelper {
     }
     return APIError::OK;
   }
-  // Set client info for logging
-  void set_client_info(const ClientInfo *client_info) { client_info_ = client_info; }
   virtual APIError write_protobuf_packet(uint8_t type, ProtoWriteBuffer buffer) = 0;
   // Write multiple protobuf packets in a single operation
   // packets contains (message_type, offset, length) for each message in the buffer
@@ -187,8 +186,9 @@ class APIFrameHelper {
 #ifdef USE_API_NOISE
 class APINoiseFrameHelper : public APIFrameHelper {
  public:
-  APINoiseFrameHelper(std::unique_ptr<socket::Socket> socket, std::shared_ptr<APINoiseContext> ctx)
-      : APIFrameHelper(std::move(socket)), ctx_(std::move(ctx)) {
+  APINoiseFrameHelper(std::unique_ptr<socket::Socket> socket, std::shared_ptr<APINoiseContext> ctx,
+                      const ClientInfo *client_info)
+      : APIFrameHelper(std::move(socket), client_info), ctx_(std::move(ctx)) {
     // Noise header structure:
     // Pos 0: indicator (0x01)
     // Pos 1-2: encrypted payload size (16-bit big-endian)
@@ -242,7 +242,8 @@ class APINoiseFrameHelper : public APIFrameHelper {
 #ifdef USE_API_PLAINTEXT
 class APIPlaintextFrameHelper : public APIFrameHelper {
  public:
-  APIPlaintextFrameHelper(std::unique_ptr<socket::Socket> socket) : APIFrameHelper(std::move(socket)) {
+  APIPlaintextFrameHelper(std::unique_ptr<socket::Socket> socket, const ClientInfo *client_info)
+      : APIFrameHelper(std::move(socket), client_info) {
     // Plaintext header structure (worst case):
     // Pos 0: indicator (0x00)
     // Pos 1-3: payload size varint (up to 3 bytes)