diff --git a/esphome/components/socket/lwip_raw_tcp_impl.cpp b/esphome/components/socket/lwip_raw_tcp_impl.cpp
index cfd8cf0daa..b35338a2bf 100644
--- a/esphome/components/socket/lwip_raw_tcp_impl.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/socket/lwip_raw_tcp_impl.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include "esphome/core/wake.h"
 #include "esphome/core/log.h"
 #ifdef USE_OTA
-#include "esphome/core/application.h"
+#include "esphome/core/ota_wake_hook.h"
 #endif
 
 #ifdef USE_ESP8266
@@ -861,9 +861,9 @@ err_t LWIPRawListenImpl::accept_fn_(struct tcp_pcb *newpcb, err_t err) {
   // Mark the OTA component loop to be re-enabled if it disabled itself while idle.
   // This MUST happen before wake_loop_any_context() below — otherwise the main loop
   // could wake, run a full iteration, and finish before we set the pending-enable
-  // flags, losing the wake event. Safe from RP2040's low-priority user IRQ context:
-  // it only writes volatile bools, no heap or locks.
-  esphome::App.wake_ota_component_any_context();
+  // flags, losing the wake event. Inline hook (ota_wake_hook.h) — two volatile stores,
+  // no function call. Safe from RP2040's low-priority user IRQ context.
+  esphome_wake_ota_component_any_context();
 #endif
   // Wake the main loop immediately so it can accept the new connection.
   esphome::wake_loop_any_context();
diff --git a/esphome/core/application.cpp b/esphome/core/application.cpp
index d99b7f28d9..b2b2e0fdbe 100644
--- a/esphome/core/application.cpp
+++ b/esphome/core/application.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 #include "esphome/core/build_info_data.h"
 #include "esphome/core/log.h"
 #include "esphome/core/progmem.h"
+#ifdef USE_OTA
+#include "esphome/core/ota_wake_hook.h"
+#endif
 #include <cstring>
 
 #ifdef USE_ESP8266
@@ -449,14 +452,24 @@ void Application::enable_pending_loops_() {
   }
 }
 
-#if defined(USE_OTA) && defined(USE_LWIP_FAST_SELECT)
-// Called from the LwIP TCP/IP task via esphome_socket_event_callback() on NETCONN_EVT_RCVPLUS,
-// BEFORE that callback calls xTaskNotifyGive() — pending-enable flags must be visible before
-// the main task wakes, or the main loop can run a full iteration without seeing the request.
-// Only marks the OTA component as pending loop-enable; does not itself wake the main task.
-// OTA's __init__.py emits USE_OTA as both a cg.add_define (for static analyzers) AND a
-// cg.add_build_flag (so the .c fast-select file also sees it).
-extern "C" void esphome_wake_ota_component_any_context() { App.wake_ota_component_any_context(); }
+#ifdef USE_OTA
+// Storage for the inline OTA wake hook (see esphome/core/ota_wake_hook.h). Set in
+// Application::set_ota_wake_component() and read from the lwip fast-select callback on
+// every NETCONN_EVT_RCVPLUS. Kept as raw C globals so the .c file can inline the wake
+// body (two volatile stores) without a function-call round trip into application.cpp.
+extern "C" {
+volatile bool *esphome_ota_pending_enable_loop_ptr = nullptr;
+volatile bool *esphome_ota_has_pending_requests_ptr = nullptr;
+}
+
+void Application::set_ota_wake_component(Component *component) {
+  // Application is a friend of Component — can take the address of its protected
+  // pending_enable_loop_ field. The C-side inline hook writes through that pointer when
+  // any monitored socket fires RCVPLUS, making the flags visible to enable_pending_loops_()
+  // on the next main loop iteration.
+  esphome_ota_pending_enable_loop_ptr = &component->pending_enable_loop_;
+  esphome_ota_has_pending_requests_ptr = &this->has_pending_enable_loop_requests_;
+}
 #endif
 
 #ifdef USE_LWIP_FAST_SELECT
@@ -566,11 +579,10 @@ void Application::yield_with_select_(uint32_t delay_ms) {
     if (ret >= 0) [[likely]] {
 #ifdef USE_OTA
       // Dead code today — host does not currently support the esphome OTA platform,
-      // so ota_wake_component_ is never set and this call is a no-op. Kept so the
-      // wake path works out of the box if host ever gains OTA support. Harmless
-      // cost: a single nullptr check per select() return.
+      // so the inline hook's pointers are always NULL and this is a no-op. Kept so the
+      // wake path works out of the box if host ever gains OTA support.
       if (ret > 0) {
-        this->wake_ota_component_any_context();
+        esphome_wake_ota_component_any_context();
       }
 #endif
       // Yield if zero timeout since select(0) only polls without yielding
diff --git a/esphome/core/application.h b/esphome/core/application.h
index 67ef1d666f..48fc620cdc 100644
--- a/esphome/core/application.h
+++ b/esphome/core/application.h
@@ -560,23 +560,14 @@ class Application {
   static void IRAM_ATTR wake_loop_any_context() { esphome::wake_loop_any_context(); }
 
 #ifdef USE_OTA
-  /// Register the OTA component so socket-wake paths can enable its loop when
-  /// a new connection arrives on the listening socket. OTA disables its own
-  /// loop while idle to avoid per-tick dispatch overhead.
-  void set_ota_wake_component(Component *component) { this->ota_wake_component_ = component; }
-  /// Mark the registered OTA component (if any) for loop re-enable. Intentionally
-  /// does NOT call wake_loop_any_context() — every caller (lwip fast-select
-  /// callback, raw-tcp accept callback, host select() return path) has already
-  /// woken the main loop, so a second wake here would be redundant. Application
-  /// is a friend of Component, so we set the pending-enable flags directly.
-  /// Not IRAM_ATTR: all callers run in task / user-IRQ context, not a real ISR,
-  /// and the LwIP event callbacks that invoke this are not IRAM-resident either.
-  void wake_ota_component_any_context() {
-    if (this->ota_wake_component_ != nullptr) {
-      this->ota_wake_component_->pending_enable_loop_ = true;
-      this->has_pending_enable_loop_requests_ = true;
-    }
-  }
+  /// Register the OTA component so socket-wake paths can enable its loop when a new
+  /// connection arrives on the listening socket. Captures the address of the component's
+  /// pending_enable_loop_ flag and the Application has_pending_enable_loop_requests_ flag
+  /// into extern C globals consumed by the inline wake hook in ota_wake_hook.h. Defined
+  /// out-of-line in application.cpp so application.h doesn't need to pull in the hook
+  /// header. OTA calls this once from setup(); the component itself then self-disables
+  /// its loop on its first idle tick.
+  void set_ota_wake_component(Component *component);
 #endif
 
  protected:
@@ -654,9 +645,6 @@ class Application {
 
   // Pointer-sized members first
   Component *current_component_{nullptr};
-#ifdef USE_OTA
-  Component *ota_wake_component_{nullptr};  // Set by ESPHomeOTAComponent to receive socket-wake notifications
-#endif
 
   // std::vector (3 pointers each: begin, end, capacity)
   // Partitioned vector design for looping components
diff --git a/esphome/core/lwip_fast_select.c b/esphome/core/lwip_fast_select.c
index 613d1f29ec..f0cafc2dbe 100644
--- a/esphome/core/lwip_fast_select.c
+++ b/esphome/core/lwip_fast_select.c
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@
 
 #include "esphome/core/lwip_fast_select.h"
 #include "esphome/core/main_task.h"
+#ifdef ESPHOME_USE_OTA
+#include "esphome/core/ota_wake_hook.h"
+#endif
 
 #include <stddef.h>
 
diff --git a/esphome/core/ota_wake_hook.h b/esphome/core/ota_wake_hook.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..06ed1623df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/esphome/core/ota_wake_hook.h
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#pragma once
+
+// Inline OTA wake hook, called from lwip_fast_select.c on every NETCONN_EVT_RCVPLUS so a
+// disabled OTA loop can be re-enabled when a monitored socket signals activity.
+//
+// Defined as a static inline here (rather than an out-of-line extern "C" shim into
+// application.cpp) so the fast-select callback pays zero function-call overhead per
+// socket event: the two volatile stores below are cheaper inlined than dispatched.
+//
+// The two pointers are set once in Application::set_ota_wake_component() to the addresses
+// of Component::pending_enable_loop_ and Application::has_pending_enable_loop_requests_.
+// Accessing those C++ members by raw address is safe: Application is a friend of Component
+// (granting access at registration time), and volatile writes through a bool* see the same
+// storage the C++ side reads.
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+// Address of the registered OTA component's pending_enable_loop_ flag. NULL until
+// Application::set_ota_wake_component() is called. When non-NULL, the has-pending
+// pointer below is also non-NULL, so a single null check covers both.
+extern volatile bool *esphome_ota_pending_enable_loop_ptr;
+// Address of Application::has_pending_enable_loop_requests_. Set in tandem with the
+// pending_enable pointer above.
+extern volatile bool *esphome_ota_has_pending_requests_ptr;
+
+// Mark the registered OTA component pending loop-enable. Safe to call from LwIP TCP/IP
+// task context and raw-TCP IRQ context — only writes to volatile bools, no locks.
+// Callers must invoke this BEFORE waking the main task, so the flags are visible to the
+// main loop's next iteration.
+static inline void esphome_wake_ota_component_any_context(void) {
+  volatile bool *pending_enable = esphome_ota_pending_enable_loop_ptr;
+  if (pending_enable != NULL) {
+    *pending_enable = true;
+    *esphome_ota_has_pending_requests_ptr = true;
+  }
+}
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif