From d00e5212c760c24ce891c39366226bb097d53d35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@koston.org>
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2025 22:04:33 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] one more

---
 esphome/components/preferences/syncer.h | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/esphome/components/preferences/syncer.h b/esphome/components/preferences/syncer.h
index 8976a1fe15..93a8cff371 100644
--- a/esphome/components/preferences/syncer.h
+++ b/esphome/components/preferences/syncer.h
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ class IntervalSyncer : public Component {
   void setup() override {
     if (this->write_interval_ != 0) {
       set_interval(this->write_interval_, []() { global_preferences->sync(); });
+      // When using interval-based syncing, we don't need the loop
+      this->mark_loop_done();
     }
   }
   void loop() override {