diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_frame_helper.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_frame_helper.cpp
index d859aafd70..772b7e802b 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_frame_helper.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_frame_helper.cpp
@@ -593,11 +593,6 @@ APIError APINoiseFrameHelper::read_packet(ReadPacketBuffer *buffer) {
     return APIError::BAD_DATA_PACKET;
   }
 
-  // uint16_t type;
-  // uint16_t data_len;
-  // uint8_t *data;
-  // uint8_t *padding;  zero or more bytes to fill up the rest of the packet
-  uint16_t type = (((uint16_t) msg_data[0]) << 8) | msg_data[1];
   uint16_t data_len = (((uint16_t) msg_data[2]) << 8) | msg_data[3];
   if (data_len > msg_size - 4) {
     state_ = State::FAILED;
@@ -608,7 +603,7 @@ APIError APINoiseFrameHelper::read_packet(ReadPacketBuffer *buffer) {
   buffer->container = std::move(frame.msg);
   buffer->data_offset = 4;
   buffer->data_len = data_len;
-  buffer->type = type;
+  buffer->type = (((uint16_t) msg_data[0]) << 8) | msg_data[1];
   return APIError::OK;
 }
 APIError APINoiseFrameHelper::write_protobuf_packet(uint16_t type, ProtoWriteBuffer buffer) {