From 6e345c5f23e7fa04ed74e9693e38c100fd611ce8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@koston.org>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2025 15:03:36 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] dry

---
 esphome/components/api/proto.h | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/api/proto.h b/esphome/components/api/proto.h
index bfca80960f..3d66859bd3 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/proto.h
+++ b/esphome/components/api/proto.h
@@ -689,8 +689,7 @@ class ProtoSize {
    */
   inline void add_message_field(uint32_t field_id_size, uint32_t nested_size) {
     if (nested_size != 0) {
-      // Field ID + length varint + nested message content
-      total_size_ += field_id_size + varint(nested_size) + nested_size;
+      add_message_field_force(field_id_size, nested_size);
     }
   }