diff --git a/esphome/components/bluetooth_proxy/bluetooth_connection.h b/esphome/components/bluetooth_proxy/bluetooth_connection.h
index 18e32f4402..4c4eff0919 100644
--- a/esphome/components/bluetooth_proxy/bluetooth_connection.h
+++ b/esphome/components/bluetooth_proxy/bluetooth_connection.h
@@ -29,17 +29,7 @@ class BluetoothConnection : public esp32_ble_client::BLEClientBase {
   friend class BluetoothProxy;
 
   void send_service_for_discovery_();
-  void reset_connection_() {
-    // Important: If we were in the middle of sending services, we do NOT send
-    // send_gatt_services_done() here. This ensures the client knows that
-    // the service discovery was interrupted and can retry. The client
-    // (aioesphomeapi) implements a 30-second timeout (DEFAULT_BLE_TIMEOUT)
-    // to detect incomplete service discovery rather than relying on us to
-    // tell them about a partial list.
-    this->set_address(0);
-    this->send_service_ = DONE_SENDING_SERVICES;
-    this->proxy_->send_connections_free();
-  }
+  void reset_connection_();
 
   // Memory optimized layout for 32-bit systems
   // Group 1: Pointers (4 bytes each, naturally aligned)