From 916d802a9e3c95a22aa806cf113c699a58aace35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:26:57 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] [sprinkler] Eliminate std::string heap allocations

---
 esphome/components/sprinkler/sprinkler.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/sprinkler/sprinkler.h b/esphome/components/sprinkler/sprinkler.h
index 6d17528fef6..04efa28031f 100644
--- a/esphome/components/sprinkler/sprinkler.h
+++ b/esphome/components/sprinkler/sprinkler.h
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ class Sprinkler : public Component {
   uint32_t start_delay_{0};
   uint32_t stop_delay_{0};
 
-  const char *name_;
+  const char *name_{""};
 
   /// Sprinkler controller state
   SprinklerState state_{IDLE};