diff --git a/esphome/components/mqtt/mqtt_backend_esp32.cpp b/esphome/components/mqtt/mqtt_backend_esp32.cpp
index 499a330730..09eb5f97dc 100644
--- a/esphome/components/mqtt/mqtt_backend_esp32.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/mqtt/mqtt_backend_esp32.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 namespace esphome::mqtt {
 
-static const char *const TAG = "mqtt.idf";
+static const char *const TAG = "mqtt";
 
 bool MQTTBackendESP32::initialize_() {
   mqtt_cfg_.broker.address.hostname = this->host_.c_str();