diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_server.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_server.cpp
index 0915746381..6a5d273ec1 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_server.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_server.cpp
@@ -475,7 +475,8 @@ void APIServer::on_shutdown() {
     if (!c->send_message(DisconnectRequest())) {
       // If we can't send the disconnect request directly (tx_buffer full),
       // schedule it at the front of the batch so it will be sent with priority
-      c->schedule_message_front_(nullptr, &APIConnection::try_send_disconnect_request, DisconnectRequest::MESSAGE_TYPE);
+      c->schedule_message_front_(nullptr, &APIConnection::try_send_disconnect_request, DisconnectRequest::MESSAGE_TYPE,
+                                 DisconnectRequest::ESTIMATED_SIZE);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/esphome/components/api/list_entities.h b/esphome/components/api/list_entities.h
index 4c83ca0935..5e6074e008 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/list_entities.h
+++ b/esphome/components/api/list_entities.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class APIConnection;
 #define LIST_ENTITIES_HANDLER(entity_type, EntityClass, ResponseType) \
   bool ListEntitiesIterator::on_##entity_type(EntityClass *entity) { /* NOLINT(bugprone-macro-parentheses) */ \
     return this->client_->schedule_message_(entity, &APIConnection::try_send_##entity_type##_info, \
-                                            ResponseType::MESSAGE_TYPE); \
+                                            ResponseType::MESSAGE_TYPE, ResponseType::ESTIMATED_SIZE); \
   }
 
 class ListEntitiesIterator : public ComponentIterator {