diff --git a/esphome/components/rx8130/rx8130.cpp b/esphome/components/rx8130/rx8130.cpp
index 9e6f05ee15..07ed7acc56 100644
--- a/esphome/components/rx8130/rx8130.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/rx8130/rx8130.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ void RX8130Component::dump_config() {
 void RX8130Component::read_time() {
   uint8_t date[7];
   if (this->read_register(RX8130_REG_SEC, date, 7) != i2c::ERROR_OK) {
-    this->status_set_warning(ESP_LOG_MSG_COMM_FAIL);
+    this->status_set_warning(LOG_STR(ESP_LOG_MSG_COMM_FAIL));
     return;
   }
   ESPTime rtc_time{
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ void RX8130Component::write_time() {
   buff[6] = dec2bcd(now.year % 100);
   this->stop_(true);
   if (this->write_register(RX8130_REG_SEC, buff, 7) != i2c::ERROR_OK) {
-    this->status_set_warning(ESP_LOG_MSG_COMM_FAIL);
+    this->status_set_warning(LOG_STR(ESP_LOG_MSG_COMM_FAIL));
   } else {
     ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Wrote UTC time: %04d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d", now.year, now.month, now.day_of_month, now.hour,
              now.minute, now.second);
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ void RX8130Component::write_time() {
 void RX8130Component::stop_(bool stop) {
   const uint8_t data = stop ? RX8130_BIT_CTRL_STOP : RX8130_CLEAR_FLAGS;
   if (this->write_register(RX8130_REG_CTRL0, &data, 1) != i2c::ERROR_OK) {
-    this->status_set_warning(ESP_LOG_MSG_COMM_FAIL);
+    this->status_set_warning(LOG_STR(ESP_LOG_MSG_COMM_FAIL));
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/esphome/components/usb_uart/usb_uart.cpp b/esphome/components/usb_uart/usb_uart.cpp
index 3d35f368fb..997f836146 100644
--- a/esphome/components/usb_uart/usb_uart.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/usb_uart/usb_uart.cpp
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ void USBUartTypeCdcAcm::on_connected() {
   for (auto *channel : this->channels_) {
     if (i == cdc_devs.size()) {
       ESP_LOGE(TAG, "No configuration found for channel %d", channel->index_);
-      this->status_set_warning("No configuration found for channel");
+      this->status_set_warning(LOG_STR("No configuration found for channel"));
       break;
     }
     channel->cdc_dev_ = cdc_devs[i++];
diff --git a/esphome/components/zwave_proxy/zwave_proxy.cpp b/esphome/components/zwave_proxy/zwave_proxy.cpp
index 9e5c57814d..ad4357663f 100644
--- a/esphome/components/zwave_proxy/zwave_proxy.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/zwave_proxy/zwave_proxy.cpp
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ void ZWaveProxy::process_uart_() {
   while (this->available()) {
     uint8_t byte;
     if (!this->read_byte(&byte)) {
-      this->status_set_warning("UART read failed");
+      this->status_set_warning(LOG_STR("UART read failed"));
       return;
     }
     if (this->parse_byte_(byte)) {
diff --git a/esphome/core/component.cpp b/esphome/core/component.cpp
index 2d61843585..b435aa34b6 100644
--- a/esphome/core/component.cpp
+++ b/esphome/core/component.cpp
@@ -405,6 +405,7 @@ bool Component::set_status_flag_(uint8_t flag) {
   return true;
 }
 
+void Component::status_set_warning() { this->status_set_warning((const LogString *) nullptr); }
 void Component::status_set_warning(const char *message) {
   if (!this->set_status_flag_(STATUS_LED_WARNING))
     return;
diff --git a/esphome/core/component.h b/esphome/core/component.h
index 20a6d2311d..8c25b5bd1a 100644
--- a/esphome/core/component.h
+++ b/esphome/core/component.h
@@ -241,7 +241,8 @@ class Component {
 
   bool status_has_error() const { return this->component_state_ & STATUS_LED_ERROR; }
 
-  void status_set_warning(const char *message = nullptr);
+  void status_set_warning();  // Set warning flag without message
+  void status_set_warning(const char *message);
   void status_set_warning(const LogString *message);
 
   void status_set_error();  // Set error flag without message