diff --git a/esphome/core/application.h b/esphome/core/application.h
index 98c979b682..8e2035b7c5 100644
--- a/esphome/core/application.h
+++ b/esphome/core/application.h
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ class Application {
   /// Get the comment of this Application set by pre_setup().
   std::string get_comment() const { return this->comment_; }
   /// Get the comment as StringRef (avoids allocation)
-  StringRef get_comment_ref() const { return StringRef::from_maybe_nullptr(this->comment_); }
+  StringRef get_comment_ref() const { return StringRef(this->comment_); }
 
   bool is_name_add_mac_suffix_enabled() const { return this->name_add_mac_suffix_; }