diff --git a/esphome/core/wake/wake_esp8266.cpp b/esphome/core/wake/wake_esp8266.cpp
index 9ced43c6df..4c12470148 100644
--- a/esphome/core/wake/wake_esp8266.cpp
+++ b/esphome/core/wake/wake_esp8266.cpp
@@ -8,9 +8,15 @@
 namespace esphome {
 
 // === Wake-requested flag + main-loop woke flag storage ===
-// ESP8266 is always ESPHOME_THREAD_SINGLE.
+// ESP8266 is always ESPHOME_THREAD_SINGLE in real builds, but defines.h (used
+// for static analysis / IDE) can define ESPHOME_THREAD_MULTI_ATOMICS alongside
+// USE_ESP8266, so the storage type here has to match wake.h's conditional.
 // NOLINTBEGIN(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
+#ifdef ESPHOME_THREAD_MULTI_ATOMICS
+std::atomic<uint8_t> g_wake_requested{0};
+#else
 volatile uint8_t g_wake_requested = 0;
+#endif
 volatile bool g_main_loop_woke = false;
 // NOLINTEND(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
 
diff --git a/esphome/core/wake/wake_generic.cpp b/esphome/core/wake/wake_generic.cpp
index 40044e4311..b90aa593b3 100644
--- a/esphome/core/wake/wake_generic.cpp
+++ b/esphome/core/wake/wake_generic.cpp
@@ -8,9 +8,17 @@
 namespace esphome {
 
 // === Wake-requested flag storage ===
-// Fallback platforms (currently only Zephyr/NRF52) are ESPHOME_THREAD_SINGLE.
-// NOLINTNEXTLINE(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
+// Fallback platforms (currently only Zephyr/NRF52) are ESPHOME_THREAD_SINGLE in
+// real builds, but defines.h (used for static analysis / IDE) can define
+// ESPHOME_THREAD_MULTI_ATOMICS here too, so the storage type has to match
+// wake.h's conditional.
+// NOLINTBEGIN(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
+#ifdef ESPHOME_THREAD_MULTI_ATOMICS
+std::atomic<uint8_t> g_wake_requested{0};
+#else
 volatile uint8_t g_wake_requested = 0;
+#endif
+// NOLINTEND(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
 
 }  // namespace esphome
 
diff --git a/esphome/core/wake/wake_rp2040.cpp b/esphome/core/wake/wake_rp2040.cpp
index b18248dbd2..3fa47d4dcc 100644
--- a/esphome/core/wake/wake_rp2040.cpp
+++ b/esphome/core/wake/wake_rp2040.cpp
@@ -11,9 +11,15 @@
 namespace esphome {
 
 // === Wake-requested flag + main-loop woke flag storage ===
-// RP2040 is always ESPHOME_THREAD_SINGLE.
+// RP2040 is always ESPHOME_THREAD_SINGLE in real builds, but defines.h (used
+// for static analysis / IDE) can define ESPHOME_THREAD_MULTI_ATOMICS alongside
+// USE_RP2040, so the storage type here has to match wake.h's conditional.
 // NOLINTBEGIN(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
+#ifdef ESPHOME_THREAD_MULTI_ATOMICS
+std::atomic<uint8_t> g_wake_requested{0};
+#else
 volatile uint8_t g_wake_requested = 0;
+#endif
 volatile bool g_main_loop_woke = false;
 // NOLINTEND(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)