diff --git a/esphome/components/epaper_spi/epaper_spi.cpp b/esphome/components/epaper_spi/epaper_spi.cpp
index 6ac4ac0975..9865863aed 100644
--- a/esphome/components/epaper_spi/epaper_spi.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/epaper_spi/epaper_spi.cpp
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ void EPaperBase::initialize_() {
     }
     const auto *ptr = sequence + index;
     const uint8_t length = ptr[1];
-    if (sequence_size - index < length) {
+    if (sequence_size - index < length + 2) {
       this->mark_failed("Malformed init sequence");
       return;
     }