diff --git a/esphome/components/socket/lwip_getaddrinfo_impl.cpp b/esphome/components/socket/lwip_getaddrinfo_impl.cpp
index 9bda4b944d..02b75e81a2 100644
--- a/esphome/components/socket/lwip_getaddrinfo_impl.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/socket/lwip_getaddrinfo_impl.cpp
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<GetaddrinfoFuture> getaddrinfo_async(const char *node, const cha
 void freeaddrinfo(struct addrinfo *ai) {
   while (ai != nullptr) {
     struct addrinfo *next = ai->ai_next;
-    delete ai;
+    delete ai;  // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-owning-memory)
     ai = next;
   }
 }