From e3fc441be28d33ecdce8d6ffa0ab2c8fa9a8e333 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 21:26:33 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [select] Use a user provided default constructor

---
 esphome/components/select/select.h | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/select/select.h b/esphome/components/select/select.h
index 2294f34e624..58034f9f45d 100644
--- a/esphome/components/select/select.h
+++ b/esphome/components/select/select.h
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ class Select : public EntityBase {
  public:
   SelectTraits traits;
 
-  Select() = default;
+  // User provided, not "= default": `new(p) Select()` would zero-fill .bss that is already zero.
+  Select() {}
   ~Select() = default;
 
   void publish_state(const std::string &state) { this->publish_state(state.c_str()); }