diff --git a/esphome/components/api/proto.h b/esphome/components/api/proto.h
index d6e993d3a5a..e7802c722b8 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/proto.h
+++ b/esphome/components/api/proto.h
@@ -276,8 +276,7 @@ class ProtoWriteBuffer {
     this->debug_check_bounds_(1);
     *this->pos_++ = value ? 0x01 : 0x00;
   }
-  // noinline: 51 call sites; inlining causes net code growth vs a single out-of-line copy
-  __attribute__((noinline)) void encode_fixed32(uint32_t field_id, uint32_t value, bool force = false) {
+  void encode_fixed32(uint32_t field_id, uint32_t value, bool force = false) {
     if (value == 0 && !force)
       return;