From f55dfc7f5df912334d4e363b59bd6406b0d53e3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 22:57:07 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] wip

---
 esphome/components/max7219/max7219.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/max7219/max7219.h b/esphome/components/max7219/max7219.h
index 5973220d16..58d871d54c 100644
--- a/esphome/components/max7219/max7219.h
+++ b/esphome/components/max7219/max7219.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class MAX7219Component : public PollingComponent,
   uint8_t num_chips_{1};
   uint8_t *buffer_;
   bool reverse_{false};
-  optional<max7219_writer_t> writer_{};
+  max7219_writer_t writer_{};
 };
 
 }  // namespace max7219