diff --git a/esphome/components/esp32_ble/ble.cpp b/esphome/components/esp32_ble/ble.cpp
index b4ba970bce..0ddeccec17 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esp32_ble/ble.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/esp32_ble/ble.cpp
@@ -395,8 +395,10 @@ void ESP32BLE::gap_event_handler(esp_gap_ble_cb_event_t event, esp_ble_gap_cb_pa
     // Ignore these GAP events as they are not relevant for our use case
     case ESP_GAP_BLE_UPDATE_CONN_PARAMS_EVT:
     case ESP_GAP_BLE_SET_PKT_LENGTH_COMPLETE_EVT:
-
       return;
+
+    default:
+      break;
   }
   ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Ignoring unexpected GAP event type: %d", event);
 }