diff --git a/esphome/components/logger/logger_esp8266.cpp b/esphome/components/logger/logger_esp8266.cpp
index f74c24e761..ae1ff82540 100644
--- a/esphome/components/logger/logger_esp8266.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/logger/logger_esp8266.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static const char UART1_STR[] PROGMEM = "UART1";
 static const char UART0_SWAP_STR[] PROGMEM = "UART0_SWAP";
 static const char *const UART_SELECTIONS[] PROGMEM = {UART0_STR, UART1_STR, UART0_SWAP_STR};
 
-const char *Logger::get_uart_selection_() { return (const char *) pgm_read_ptr(&UART_SELECTIONS[this->uart_]); }
+const char *Logger::get_uart_selection_() { return pgm_read_ptr(&UART_SELECTIONS[this->uart_]); }
 
 }  // namespace esphome::logger
 #endif