diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.cpp b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.cpp
index 84386b227ff..9986196221e 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.cpp
@@ -473,11 +473,10 @@ void AsyncResponseStream::printf(const char *fmt, ...) {
 #ifdef USE_WEBSERVER
 AsyncEventSource::~AsyncEventSource() {
   LockGuard guard{this->pending_mutex_};
-  for (auto *ses : this->sessions_) {
-    delete ses;  // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-owning-memory)
-  }
-  for (auto *ses : this->pending_sessions_) {
-    delete ses;  // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-owning-memory)
+  for (auto *vec : {&this->sessions_, &this->pending_sessions_}) {
+    for (auto *ses : *vec) {
+      delete ses;  // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-owning-memory)
+    }
   }
 }