diff --git a/esphome/code_scan.py b/esphome/code_scan.py
index eede0f7747a..4d0342f872c 100644
--- a/esphome/code_scan.py
+++ b/esphome/code_scan.py
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ from esphome.types import ConfigType
 _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 # The string literal handed to a scanf family call as its format: an optional
-# first argument (sscanf/fscanf, possibly a literal itself) then the literal.
+# first argument (sscanf/fscanf; a literal or a call with its own commas is
+# fine) then the literal.
 _SCANF_FORMAT_RE = re.compile(
-    r'scanf\s*\((?:(?:"(?:[^"\\]|\\.)*"|[^,;"])*,)?\s*"((?:[^"\\]|\\.)*)"'
+    r'scanf\s*\((?:(?:"(?:[^"\\]|\\.)*"|\([^()]*\)|[^,;"()])*,)?\s*"((?:[^"\\]|\\.)*)"'
 )
 # Standard scanf float conversions %f %F %e %E %g %G %a %A with optional
 # suppression, width and length; also the invalid %.2f users write by analogy
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/test_code_scan.py b/tests/unit_tests/test_code_scan.py
index fa8efdf14a0..6ba602d6364 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/test_code_scan.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/test_code_scan.py
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ from esphome.types import ConfigType
         # Escaped quotes, nested calls, a ')' inside the format, an unterminated call
         ('sscanf(buf, "\\"%f\\"", &v)', True),
         ('sscanf(f(x), "%f", &v)', True),
+        ('sscanf(s.substr(0, 2).c_str(), "%f", &v)', True),
+        ('sscanf(strtok(s, ","), "%f", &v)', True),
+        ('sscanf(strtok(s, ","), "%d", &v)', False),
         ('sscanf(buf, "%d)", &a); g("%f")', False),
         ('sscanf(buf, "%d", &a; g("%f")', False),
         ('sscanf(buf, "%f"', True),