From 7eebe18e1a772f75ca2556be3cd655acdbd10be6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@koston.org>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 03:33:48 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [ethernet_info] Use a user provided default constructor for
 IPAddressEthernetInfo (#19166)

---
 esphome/components/ethernet_info/ethernet_info_text_sensor.h | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/esphome/components/ethernet_info/ethernet_info_text_sensor.h b/esphome/components/ethernet_info/ethernet_info_text_sensor.h
index 11002d51bad..c9fcda225f4 100644
--- a/esphome/components/ethernet_info/ethernet_info_text_sensor.h
+++ b/esphome/components/ethernet_info/ethernet_info_text_sensor.h
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ class IPAddressEthernetInfo final : public Component,
                                     public text_sensor::TextSensor,
                                     public ethernet::EthernetIPStateListener {
  public:
+  // User provided, not "= default": `new(p) IPAddressEthernetInfo()` would zero-fill .bss that is already zero.
+  IPAddressEthernetInfo() {}
+
   void setup() override;
   void dump_config() override;
   void add_ip_sensors(uint8_t index, text_sensor::TextSensor *s) { this->ip_sensors_[index] = s; }