diff --git a/esphome/components/integration/integration_sensor.cpp b/esphome/components/integration/integration_sensor.cpp
index f9b5a43870..806c0ce567 100644
--- a/esphome/components/integration/integration_sensor.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/integration/integration_sensor.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ static const char *TAG = "integration";
 void IntegrationSensor::setup() {
   if (this->restore_) {
     this->rtc_ = global_preferences.make_preference<float>(this->get_object_id_hash());
-    this->rtc_.load(&this->result_);
+    float preference_value = 0;
+    this->rtc_.load(&preference_value);
+    this->result_ = preference_value;
   }
 
   this->last_update_ = millis();