From d9261ae66dafc1cbdc5eaaf3b7aeabe1b453c15b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 06:40:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] tweak

---
 esphome/components/logger/logger.h | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/logger/logger.h b/esphome/components/logger/logger.h
index c0a807c991..984b626733 100644
--- a/esphome/components/logger/logger.h
+++ b/esphome/components/logger/logger.h
@@ -473,10 +473,13 @@ class Logger : public Component {
                                                   FormatType format, va_list args) {
     RecursionGuard guard(recursion_guard);
     LogBuffer buf(this->tx_buffer_, this->tx_buffer_at_, this->tx_buffer_size_);
-    if constexpr (std::is_same_v<FormatType, const char *>) {
-      this->format_log_to_buffer_with_terminator_(level, tag, line, format, args, buf);
-    } else {
+#ifdef USE_STORE_LOG_STR_IN_FLASH
+    if constexpr (std::is_same_v<FormatType, const __FlashStringHelper *>) {
       this->format_log_to_buffer_with_terminator_P_(level, tag, line, format, args, buf);
+    } else
+#endif
+    {
+      this->format_log_to_buffer_with_terminator_(level, tag, line, format, args, buf);
     }
     this->notify_listeners_(level, tag);
     this->write_log_buffer_to_console_(buf);