diff --git a/esphome/core/application.cpp b/esphome/core/application.cpp
index f827783503..db1c8a0c0a 100644
--- a/esphome/core/application.cpp
+++ b/esphome/core/application.cpp
@@ -153,6 +153,14 @@ void Application::setup() {
   this->setup_wake_loop_threadsafe_();
 #endif
 
+  // Ensure all active looping components are in LOOP state.
+  // Components after the last blocking component only got one call() during setup
+  // (CONSTRUCTION→SETUP) and never received the second call() (SETUP→LOOP).
+  // The main loop calls loop() directly, bypassing call()'s state machine.
+  for (uint16_t i = 0; i < this->looping_components_active_end_; i++) {
+    this->looping_components_[i]->set_component_state_(COMPONENT_STATE_LOOP);
+  }
+
   this->schedule_dump_config();
 }
 void Application::loop() {