diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api.proto b/esphome/components/api/api.proto
index 391efbd6eb..6705a30526 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api.proto
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api.proto
@@ -2571,6 +2571,7 @@ message InfraredRFReceiveEvent {
   option (source) = SOURCE_SERVER;
   option (ifdef) = "USE_IR_RF || USE_RADIO_FREQUENCY";
   option (no_delay) = true;
+  option (speed_optimized) = true;
 
   uint32 device_id = 1 [(field_ifdef) = "USE_DEVICES"];
   fixed32 key = 2 [(force) = true];     // Key identifying the receiver instance
diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.cpp
index eb25bf7461..95bdb994d3 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.cpp
@@ -3910,7 +3910,9 @@ bool InfraredRFTransmitRawTimingsRequest::decode_32bit(uint32_t field_id, Proto3
   }
   return true;
 }
-uint8_t *InfraredRFReceiveEvent::encode(ProtoWriteBuffer &buffer PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_PARAM) const {
+__attribute__((optimize("O2")))  // NOLINT(clang-diagnostic-unknown-attributes)
+uint8_t *
+InfraredRFReceiveEvent::encode(ProtoWriteBuffer &buffer PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_PARAM) const {
   uint8_t *__restrict__ pos = buffer.get_pos();
 #ifdef USE_DEVICES
   ProtoEncode::encode_uint32(pos PROTO_ENCODE_DEBUG_ARG, 1, this->device_id);
@@ -3921,7 +3923,9 @@ uint8_t *InfraredRFReceiveEvent::encode(ProtoWriteBuffer &buffer PROTO_ENCODE_DE
   }
   return pos;
 }
-uint32_t InfraredRFReceiveEvent::calculate_size() const {
+__attribute__((optimize("O2")))  // NOLINT(clang-diagnostic-unknown-attributes)
+uint32_t
+InfraredRFReceiveEvent::calculate_size() const {
   uint32_t size = 0;
 #ifdef USE_DEVICES
   size += ProtoSize::calc_uint32(1, this->device_id);