diff --git a/esphome/core/component.cpp b/esphome/core/component.cpp
index 623b521026..aec6c17786 100644
--- a/esphome/core/component.cpp
+++ b/esphome/core/component.cpp
@@ -255,10 +255,10 @@ void Component::defer(const char *name, std::function<void()> &&f) {  // NOLINT
   App.scheduler.set_timeout(this, name, 0, std::move(f));
 }
 void Component::set_timeout(uint32_t timeout, std::function<void()> &&f) {  // NOLINT
-  App.scheduler.set_timeout(this, "", timeout, std::move(f));
+  App.scheduler.set_timeout(this, static_cast<const char *>(nullptr), timeout, std::move(f));
 }
 void Component::set_interval(uint32_t interval, std::function<void()> &&f) {  // NOLINT
-  App.scheduler.set_interval(this, "", interval, std::move(f));
+  App.scheduler.set_interval(this, static_cast<const char *>(nullptr), interval, std::move(f));
 }
 void Component::set_retry(uint32_t initial_wait_time, uint8_t max_attempts, std::function<RetryResult(uint8_t)> &&f,
                           float backoff_increase_factor) {  // NOLINT
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_scheduler_heap_stress.py b/tests/integration/test_scheduler_heap_stress.py
index 1d6e1ec31e..2d55b8ae89 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_scheduler_heap_stress.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_scheduler_heap_stress.py
@@ -103,13 +103,14 @@ async def test_scheduler_heap_stress(
 
         # Wait for all callbacks to execute (should be quick, but give more time for scheduling)
         try:
-            await asyncio.wait_for(test_complete_future, timeout=60.0)
+            await asyncio.wait_for(test_complete_future, timeout=10.0)
         except TimeoutError:
             # Report how many we got
+            missing_ids = sorted(set(range(1000)) - executed_callbacks)
             pytest.fail(
                 f"Stress test timed out. Only {len(executed_callbacks)} of "
                 f"1000 callbacks executed. Missing IDs: "
-                f"{sorted(set(range(1000)) - executed_callbacks)[:10]}..."
+                f"{missing_ids[:20]}... (total missing: {len(missing_ids)})"
             )
 
         # Verify all callbacks executed