From 27898841337cc6ae845625f26011396b0e42cf15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 01:14:52 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] Use is_connected_() for wifi_rssi() to check internal state

---
 esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_pico_w.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_pico_w.cpp b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_pico_w.cpp
index 4b141d99e4e..b1259b7fa29 100644
--- a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_pico_w.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component_pico_w.cpp
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ const char *WiFiComponent::wifi_ssid_to(std::span<char, SSID_BUFFER_SIZE> buffer
   buffer[len] = '\0';
   return buffer.data();
 }
-int8_t WiFiComponent::wifi_rssi() { return this->is_connected() ? WiFi.RSSI() : WIFI_RSSI_DISCONNECTED; }
+int8_t WiFiComponent::wifi_rssi() { return this->is_connected_() ? WiFi.RSSI() : WIFI_RSSI_DISCONNECTED; }
 int32_t WiFiComponent::get_wifi_channel() { return WiFi.channel(); }
 
 network::IPAddresses WiFiComponent::wifi_sta_ip_addresses() {