diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server/web_server.cpp b/esphome/components/web_server/web_server.cpp
index de237d0434..f048a3007f 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server/web_server.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server/web_server.cpp
@@ -1941,6 +1941,7 @@ void WebServer::handleRequest(AsyncWebServerRequest *request) {
   UrlMatch match = match_url(url.c_str(), url.length(), false);
 
   // Route to appropriate handler based on domain
+  // NOLINTNEXTLINE(readability-simplify-boolean-expr)
   if (false) {  // Start chain for else-if macro pattern
   }
 #ifdef USE_SENSOR