diff --git a/esphome/components/libretiny/patch_linker.py.script b/esphome/components/libretiny/patch_linker.py.script
index 56a42db0ee0..b62ec1a5fb2 100644
--- a/esphome/components/libretiny/patch_linker.py.script
+++ b/esphome/components/libretiny/patch_linker.py.script
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ import re
 
 # BK72xx linker templates declare the SRAM region as "(rw!x)" — read/write but
 # not executable. That prevents the linker from emitting functions we mark
-# IRAM_ATTR (defined as section(".data") on BK72xx in esphome/core/hal.h) into
-# the .data output section, which is the only section the SDK startup code
-# copies from flash into SRAM before main() runs.
+# IRAM_ATTR (defined as section(".data.iram_text") on BK72xx in
+# esphome/core/hal.h; folded into .data by the linker's "*(.data.*)" glob)
+# into the .data output section, which is the only section the SDK startup
+# code copies from flash into SRAM before main() runs.
 #
 # LibreTiny's own Wi-Fi driver already runs code from SRAM at runtime, so the
 # BK72xx MMU permits execution from that region; the "!x" is a stale hint in
diff --git a/esphome/core/hal.h b/esphome/core/hal.h
index 4009950ea04..aa36a1f03dd 100644
--- a/esphome/core/hal.h
+++ b/esphome/core/hal.h
@@ -28,15 +28,18 @@
 // varies per family, based on what each linker script already supports:
 // - RTL8710B (AmebaZ): ".image2.ram.text" output section exists.
 // - RTL8720C (AmebaZ2): "*(.sram.text*)" is already consumed.
-// - BK72xx / LN882H: stock linker script has no RAM text section, so we
-//   piggyback on ".data" — the SDK startup code copies .data from flash into
-//   SRAM before main() runs, so the function body ends up in executable RAM.
+// - BK72xx / LN882H: the stock linker script has no RAM text section, so we
+//   use ".data.iram_text" which the linker's "*(.data.*)" glob folds into
+//   the .data output section. The SDK startup code copies .data from flash
+//   into SRAM before main() runs, so the function body ends up in executable
+//   RAM. Using ".data.*" instead of plain ".data" keeps the assembler happy
+//   (no section-attribute collision) while still landing in the right place.
 #if defined(USE_LIBRETINY_VARIANT_RTL8710B)
 #define IRAM_ATTR __attribute__((noinline, section(".image2.ram.text")))
 #elif defined(USE_LIBRETINY_VARIANT_RTL8720C)
 #define IRAM_ATTR __attribute__((noinline, section(".sram.text")))
 #else
-#define IRAM_ATTR __attribute__((noinline, section(".data")))
+#define IRAM_ATTR __attribute__((noinline, section(".data.iram_text")))
 #endif
 #define PROGMEM
 
diff --git a/esphome/core/wake.h b/esphome/core/wake.h
index f0a2d34b502..5733ee65f6c 100644
--- a/esphome/core/wake.h
+++ b/esphome/core/wake.h
@@ -34,7 +34,13 @@ __attribute__((always_inline)) inline void wake_main_task_any_context() {
   if (in_isr_context()) {
     BaseType_t px_higher_priority_task_woken = pdFALSE;
     esphome_main_task_notify_from_isr(&px_higher_priority_task_woken);
+#ifdef portYIELD_FROM_ISR
     portYIELD_FROM_ISR(px_higher_priority_task_woken);
+#else
+    // ARM9 FreeRTOS port (BK72xx) does not define portYIELD_FROM_ISR; the IRQ
+    // exit sequence performs the context switch if one was requested.
+    (void) px_higher_priority_task_woken;
+#endif
   } else {
     esphome_main_task_notify();
   }