diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_server.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_server.cpp
index cfaf4c2ff8..5b096788f5 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_server.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_server.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ APIServer::APIServer() { global_api_server = this; }
 
 void APIServer::socket_failed_(const LogString *msg) {
   ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Socket %s: errno %d", LOG_STR_ARG(msg), errno);
-  this->close_socket_();
+  this->destroy_socket_();
   this->mark_failed();
 }
 
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ void APIServer::on_shutdown() {
   this->shutting_down_ = true;
 
   // Close the listening socket to prevent new connections
-  this->close_socket_();
+  this->destroy_socket_();
 
   // Change batch delay to 5ms for quick flushing during shutdown
   this->batch_delay_ = 5;
diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_server.h b/esphome/components/api/api_server.h
index 528006ed02..e1a4f2591d 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_server.h
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_server.h
@@ -249,8 +249,8 @@ class APIServer : public Component,
   void add_state_subscription_(std::string entity_id, optional<std::string> attribute,
                                std::function<void(const std::string &)> f, bool once);
 #endif  // USE_API_HOMEASSISTANT_STATES
-  // Listen sockets use LwIPSocketImpl/BSDSocketImpl whose destructors call close()
-  inline void close_socket_() {
+  // Socket destructor will close or abort depending on platform
+  inline void destroy_socket_() {
     delete this->socket_;
     this->socket_ = nullptr;
   }
diff --git a/esphome/components/captive_portal/dns_server_esp32_idf.cpp b/esphome/components/captive_portal/dns_server_esp32_idf.cpp
index 737ce956b3..bd9989a40c 100644
--- a/esphome/components/captive_portal/dns_server_esp32_idf.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/captive_portal/dns_server_esp32_idf.cpp
@@ -70,14 +70,14 @@ void DNSServer::start(const network::IPAddress &ip) {
   int err = this->socket_->bind((struct sockaddr *) &server_addr, addr_len);
   if (err != 0) {
     ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Bind failed: %d", errno);
-    this->close_socket_();
+    this->destroy_socket_();
     return;
   }
   ESP_LOGV(TAG, "Bound to port %d", DNS_PORT);
 }
 
 void DNSServer::stop() {
-  this->close_socket_();
+  this->destroy_socket_();
   ESP_LOGV(TAG, "Stopped");
 }
 
diff --git a/esphome/components/captive_portal/dns_server_esp32_idf.h b/esphome/components/captive_portal/dns_server_esp32_idf.h
index 4d7bc958ca..4cff804c4f 100644
--- a/esphome/components/captive_portal/dns_server_esp32_idf.h
+++ b/esphome/components/captive_portal/dns_server_esp32_idf.h
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ class DNSServer {
   void process_next_request();
 
  protected:
-  // Listen sockets use LwIPSocketImpl/BSDSocketImpl whose destructors call close()
-  inline void close_socket_() {
+  // Socket destructor will close or abort depending on platform
+  inline void destroy_socket_() {
     delete this->socket_;
     this->socket_ = nullptr;
   }
diff --git a/esphome/components/esphome/ota/ota_esphome.cpp b/esphome/components/esphome/ota/ota_esphome.cpp
index baca9d17cc..479bf02f69 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esphome/ota/ota_esphome.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/esphome/ota/ota_esphome.cpp
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ void ESPHomeOTAComponent::log_remote_closed_(const LogString *during) {
 
 void ESPHomeOTAComponent::server_failed_(const LogString *msg) {
   this->log_socket_error_(msg);
-  // Listen sockets use LwIPSocketImpl/BSDSocketImpl whose destructors call close()
+  // Socket destructor will close or abort depending on platform
   delete this->server_;
   this->server_ = nullptr;
   this->mark_failed();