diff --git a/esphome/components/sntp/sntp_component.h b/esphome/components/sntp/sntp_component.h
index de40faa259..8f2e411c18 100644
--- a/esphome/components/sntp/sntp_component.h
+++ b/esphome/components/sntp/sntp_component.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace sntp {
 /// \see https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/TZ-Variable.html
 class SNTPComponent : public time::RealTimeClock {
  public:
-  SNTPComponent(std::array<const char *, SNTP_SERVER_COUNT> servers) : servers_(servers) {}
+  SNTPComponent(const std::array<const char *, SNTP_SERVER_COUNT> &servers) : servers_(servers) {}
 
   void setup() override;
   void dump_config() override;