diff --git a/homeassistant/components/daikin/config_flow.py b/homeassistant/components/daikin/config_flow.py
index 590b5a02738..3c5daac4653 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/daikin/config_flow.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/daikin/config_flow.py
@@ -38,9 +38,12 @@ class FlowHandler(config_entries.ConfigFlow):
         """Create device."""
         from pydaikin.appliance import Appliance
         try:
+            device = Appliance(
+                host,
+                self.hass.helpers.aiohttp_client.async_get_clientsession(),
+            )
             with async_timeout.timeout(10):
-                device = await self.hass.async_add_executor_job(
-                    Appliance, host)
+                await device.init()
         except asyncio.TimeoutError:
             return self.async_abort(reason='device_timeout')
         except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
diff --git a/tests/components/daikin/test_config_flow.py b/tests/components/daikin/test_config_flow.py
index f6b2f0b1d41..fa288f6c2ef 100644
--- a/tests/components/daikin/test_config_flow.py
+++ b/tests/components/daikin/test_config_flow.py
@@ -24,9 +24,14 @@ def init_config_flow(hass):
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def mock_daikin():
-    """Mock tellduslive."""
+    """Mock pydaikin."""
+    async def mock_daikin_init():
+        """Mock the init function in pydaikin."""
+        pass
+
     with MockDependency('pydaikin.appliance') as mock_daikin_:
         mock_daikin_.Appliance().values.get.return_value = 'AABBCCDDEEFF'
+        mock_daikin_.Appliance().init = mock_daikin_init
         yield mock_daikin_