diff --git a/esphome/components/api/proto.h b/esphome/components/api/proto.h
index 7db4b65d55..f08175825b 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/proto.h
+++ b/esphome/components/api/proto.h
@@ -908,8 +908,10 @@ class ProtoService {
       this->on_unauthenticated_access();
       return false;
     }
-#endif
     return true;
+#else
+    return true;
+#endif
   }
 };