diff --git a/esphome/components/socket/lwip_raw_tcp_impl.cpp b/esphome/components/socket/lwip_raw_tcp_impl.cpp
index 37d0edde682..430eecdf6e4 100644
--- a/esphome/components/socket/lwip_raw_tcp_impl.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/socket/lwip_raw_tcp_impl.cpp
@@ -1259,11 +1259,10 @@ ssize_t LWIPRawUDPRecvImpl::recvfrom(void *buf, size_t len, struct sockaddr *src
   // Fill in source address if requested.
   // If ip2sockaddr_ fails (e.g., addrlen too small), fail the entire recvfrom
   // rather than silently returning data without a source address.
-  if (src_addr != nullptr && addrlen != nullptr) {
-    if (this->ip2sockaddr_(&pkt.src_addr, pkt.src_port, src_addr, addrlen) != 0) {
-      // Put the packet back — don't consume it on address conversion failure
-      return -1;
-    }
+  if (src_addr != nullptr && addrlen != nullptr &&
+      this->ip2sockaddr_(&pkt.src_addr, pkt.src_port, src_addr, addrlen) != 0) {
+    // Don't consume the packet on address conversion failure
+    return -1;
   }
 
   // Free the pbuf and advance the read pointer