diff --git a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.cpp b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.cpp
index a0489e93d3..7b31a22ed5 100644
--- a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.cpp
@@ -2130,11 +2130,6 @@ void WiFiComponent::retry_connect() {
 }
 
 void WiFiComponent::set_reboot_timeout(uint32_t reboot_timeout) { this->reboot_timeout_ = reboot_timeout; }
-bool WiFiComponent::is_connected_() const {
-  return this->state_ == WIFI_COMPONENT_STATE_STA_CONNECTED &&
-         this->wifi_sta_connect_status_() == WiFiSTAConnectStatus::CONNECTED && !this->error_from_callback_;
-}
-void WiFiComponent::update_connected_state_() { this->connected_ = this->is_connected_(); }
 void WiFiComponent::set_power_save_mode(WiFiPowerSaveMode power_save) {
   this->power_save_ = power_save;
 #if defined(USE_ESP32) && defined(USE_WIFI_RUNTIME_POWER_SAVE)
diff --git a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.h b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.h
index 351bda1498..d3b23080c5 100644
--- a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.h
+++ b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.h
@@ -681,8 +681,11 @@ class WiFiComponent final : public Component {
   bool wifi_sta_connect_(const WiFiAP &ap);
   void wifi_pre_setup_();
   WiFiSTAConnectStatus wifi_sta_connect_status_() const;
-  bool is_connected_() const;
-  void update_connected_state_();
+  bool is_connected_() const {
+    return this->state_ == WIFI_COMPONENT_STATE_STA_CONNECTED &&
+           this->wifi_sta_connect_status_() == WiFiSTAConnectStatus::CONNECTED && !this->error_from_callback_;
+  }
+  void update_connected_state_() { this->connected_ = this->is_connected_(); }
   bool wifi_scan_start_(bool passive);
 
 #ifdef USE_WIFI_AP