diff --git a/esphome/components/mqtt/custom_mqtt_device.h b/esphome/components/mqtt/custom_mqtt_device.h
index 84c182ea03..a003379fe0 100644
--- a/esphome/components/mqtt/custom_mqtt_device.h
+++ b/esphome/components/mqtt/custom_mqtt_device.h
@@ -191,8 +191,7 @@ void CustomMQTTDevice::subscribe(const std::string &topic,
                                  void (T::*callback)(const std::string &, const std::string &), uint8_t qos) {
   auto *obj = static_cast<T *>(this);
   global_mqtt_client->subscribe(
-      topic,
-      [obj, callback](const std::string &topic, const std::string &payload) { (obj->*callback)(topic, payload); }, qos);
+      topic, [obj, callback](const std::string &t, const std::string &payload) { (obj->*callback)(t, payload); }, qos);
 }
 template<typename T>
 void CustomMQTTDevice::subscribe(const std::string &topic, void (T::*callback)(const std::string &), uint8_t qos) {
@@ -210,7 +209,7 @@ void CustomMQTTDevice::subscribe_json(const std::string &topic, void (T::*callba
                                       uint8_t qos) {
   auto *obj = static_cast<T *>(this);
   global_mqtt_client->subscribe_json(
-      topic, [obj, callback](const std::string &topic, JsonObject root) { (obj->*callback)(topic, root); }, qos);
+      topic, [obj, callback](const std::string &t, JsonObject root) { (obj->*callback)(t, root); }, qos);
 }
 template<typename T>
 void CustomMQTTDevice::subscribe_json(const std::string &topic, void (T::*callback)(JsonObject), uint8_t qos) {