diff --git a/esphome/components/socket/bsd_sockets_impl.cpp b/esphome/components/socket/bsd_sockets_impl.cpp
index 1db905daea..2d4e0ea7c2 100644
--- a/esphome/components/socket/bsd_sockets_impl.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/socket/bsd_sockets_impl.cpp
@@ -34,11 +34,10 @@ BSDSocketImpl::~BSDSocketImpl() {
 
 int BSDSocketImpl::close() {
   if (!this->closed_) {
-#ifdef USE_LWIP_FAST_SELECT
-    // All LwIP sockets share the same static event_callback, so there is no per-socket
-    // unhook needed — just drop the cached pointer before the socket is destroyed.
-    this->cached_sock_ = nullptr;
-#else
+#ifndef USE_LWIP_FAST_SELECT
+    // All LwIP sockets share the same static event_callback, so on the fast-select path
+    // there is no per-socket unhook needed. cached_sock_ is not cleared because closed_
+    // makes the socket a corpse — no ready() or other member access is valid afterwards.
     if (this->loop_monitored_) {
       App.unregister_socket_fd(this->fd_);
     }
diff --git a/esphome/components/socket/lwip_sockets_impl.cpp b/esphome/components/socket/lwip_sockets_impl.cpp
index e628a22d8d..c65d3a227d 100644
--- a/esphome/components/socket/lwip_sockets_impl.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/socket/lwip_sockets_impl.cpp
@@ -34,11 +34,10 @@ LwIPSocketImpl::~LwIPSocketImpl() {
 
 int LwIPSocketImpl::close() {
   if (!this->closed_) {
-#ifdef USE_LWIP_FAST_SELECT
-    // All LwIP sockets share the same static event_callback, so there is no per-socket
-    // unhook needed — just drop the cached pointer before the socket is destroyed.
-    this->cached_sock_ = nullptr;
-#else
+#ifndef USE_LWIP_FAST_SELECT
+    // All LwIP sockets share the same static event_callback, so on the fast-select path
+    // there is no per-socket unhook needed. cached_sock_ is not cleared because closed_
+    // makes the socket a corpse — no ready() or other member access is valid afterwards.
     if (this->loop_monitored_) {
       App.unregister_socket_fd(this->fd_);
     }
diff --git a/esphome/core/application.h b/esphome/core/application.h
index 122f9b39c7..47976fd57b 100644
--- a/esphome/core/application.h
+++ b/esphome/core/application.h
@@ -895,8 +895,8 @@ inline void ESPHOME_ALWAYS_INLINE Application::yield_with_select_(uint32_t delay
   // event_callback wrapper (see lwip_fast_select.c) are the single source of truth for
   // socket wake-ups. Every NETCONN_EVT_RCVPLUS posts an xTaskNotifyGive, so any notification
   // that lands between wakes keeps the counter non-zero (next ulTaskNotifyTake returns
-  // immediately) or wakes a blocked Take directly. Also woken by wake_loop_threadsafe()
-  // from background tasks, or timeout.
+  // immediately) or wakes a blocked Take directly. Additional wake sources:
+  // wake_loop_threadsafe() from background tasks, and the delay_ms timeout.
   if (delay_ms == 0) [[unlikely]] {
     yield();
     return;