From 08cca414e7be72d8cb6cdb70f94e1ef88954f17f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 09:37:53 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Remove unnecessary early guard

---
 esphome/components/ld2450/ld2450.cpp | 8 +-------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/ld2450/ld2450.cpp b/esphome/components/ld2450/ld2450.cpp
index eeb2d481ef..38ba0d7f96 100644
--- a/esphome/components/ld2450/ld2450.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/ld2450/ld2450.cpp
@@ -276,14 +276,8 @@ void LD2450Component::dump_config() {
 }
 
 void LD2450Component::loop() {
-  // Early return avoids stack adjustment for the batch buffer below.
-  // loop() runs ~7000/min so most calls have nothing to read.
-  int avail = this->available();
-  if (avail <= 0) {
-    return;
-  }
-
   // Read all available bytes in batches to reduce UART call overhead.
+  int avail = this->available();
   uint8_t buf[MAX_LINE_LENGTH];
   while (avail > 0) {
     size_t to_read = std::min(static_cast<size_t>(avail), sizeof(buf));