diff --git a/esphome/components/mipi_dsi/models/m5stack.py b/esphome/components/mipi_dsi/models/m5stack.py
index 2298f76cd4..53fac9b534 100644
--- a/esphome/components/mipi_dsi/models/m5stack.py
+++ b/esphome/components/mipi_dsi/models/m5stack.py
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ DriverChip(
     swap_xy=cv.UNDEFINED,
     color_order="RGB",
     initsequence=[
+        (0x01,),
         (0x60, 0x71, 0x23, 0xa2),
         (0x60, 0x71, 0x23, 0xa3),
         (0x60, 0x71, 0x23, 0xa4),