diff --git a/esphome/components/runtime_stats/runtime_stats.h b/esphome/components/runtime_stats/runtime_stats.h
index 24b6807008..7299fd7315 100644
--- a/esphome/components/runtime_stats/runtime_stats.h
+++ b/esphome/components/runtime_stats/runtime_stats.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class RuntimeStatsCollector {
   //   active_us = total time between loop start and just before yield.
   //   before_us = time spent in Phase A (scheduler tick) excluding time
   //               already attributed to per-component stats.
-  //   tail_us   = time spent in after_loop_tasks_ + the trailing record/stats
+  //   tail_us   = time spent in after_component_phase_ + the trailing record/stats
   //               prefix. On Phase A-only ticks (component phase gated) this
   //               is just the small trailing prefix between loop_before_end_us
   //               and loop_now_us — non-zero but typically a few µs.
diff --git a/esphome/core/application.cpp b/esphome/core/application.cpp
index 68a430aff1..51966dfbec 100644
--- a/esphome/core/application.cpp
+++ b/esphome/core/application.cpp
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ void Application::setup() {
         this->feed_wdt();
       }
 
-      this->after_loop_tasks_();
+      this->after_component_phase_();
       yield();
     } while (!component->can_proceed() && !component->is_failed());
   }
diff --git a/esphome/core/application.h b/esphome/core/application.h
index 924bdd5319..dbb219a80d 100644
--- a/esphome/core/application.h
+++ b/esphome/core/application.h
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ class Application {
   void activate_looping_component_(uint16_t index);
   inline uint32_t ESPHOME_ALWAYS_INLINE scheduler_tick_(uint32_t now);
   inline void ESPHOME_ALWAYS_INLINE before_component_phase_();
-  inline void ESPHOME_ALWAYS_INLINE after_loop_tasks_() { this->in_loop_ = false; }
+  inline void ESPHOME_ALWAYS_INLINE after_component_phase_() { this->in_loop_ = false; }
 
   /// Process dump_config output one component per loop iteration.
   /// Extracted from loop() to keep cold startup/reconnect logging out of the hot path.
@@ -695,10 +695,9 @@ inline void ESPHOME_ALWAYS_INLINE __attribute__((optimize("O2"))) Application::l
 #ifdef USE_RUNTIME_STATS
     loop_tail_start_us = micros();
 #endif
-    this->after_loop_tasks_();
-
     this->last_loop_ = last_op_end_time;
     now = last_op_end_time;
+    this->after_component_phase_();
   }
 
 #ifdef USE_RUNTIME_STATS