From 4827f53156452efdcdc89db6761c767331e1af45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 09:26:13 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Keep early guard to avoid stack buffer allocation

---
 esphome/components/ld2450/ld2450.cpp | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/ld2450/ld2450.cpp b/esphome/components/ld2450/ld2450.cpp
index 38ba0d7f96..715cf0823b 100644
--- a/esphome/components/ld2450/ld2450.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/ld2450/ld2450.cpp
@@ -276,8 +276,12 @@ void LD2450Component::dump_config() {
 }
 
 void LD2450Component::loop() {
-  // Read all available bytes in batches to reduce UART call overhead.
   int avail = this->available();
+  if (avail <= 0) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Read all available bytes in batches to reduce UART call overhead.
   uint8_t buf[MAX_LINE_LENGTH];
   while (avail > 0) {
     size_t to_read = std::min(static_cast<size_t>(avail), sizeof(buf));