diff --git a/esphome/components/hdc1080/hdc1080.cpp b/esphome/components/hdc1080/hdc1080.cpp
index 81637039ca..4041c0c464 100644
--- a/esphome/components/hdc1080/hdc1080.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/hdc1080/hdc1080.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ void HDC1080Component::setup() {
       0b00000000   // reserved
   };
 
-  if (this->write_bytes(HDC1080_CMD_CONFIGURATION, data, 2)) {
+  if (!this->write_bytes(HDC1080_CMD_CONFIGURATION, data, 2)) {
     this->mark_failed();
     return;
   }