diff --git a/esphome/components/pn532_i2c/pn532_i2c.cpp b/esphome/components/pn532_i2c/pn532_i2c.cpp
index ef7480ec25..e7c99e94b0 100644
--- a/esphome/components/pn532_i2c/pn532_i2c.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/pn532_i2c/pn532_i2c.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ namespace pn532_i2c {
 
 static const char *const TAG = "pn532_i2c";
 
-bool PN532I2C::write_data(const std::vector<uint8_t> &data) { return this->write(data.data(), data.size()); }
+bool PN532I2C::write_data(const std::vector<uint8_t> &data) {
+  return this->write(data.data(), data.size()) == i2c::ERROR_OK;
+}
 
 bool PN532I2C::read_data(std::vector<uint8_t> &data, uint8_t len) {
   delay(1);
diff --git a/esphome/components/scd30/scd30.cpp b/esphome/components/scd30/scd30.cpp
index 30775fdea4..d1246d9766 100644
--- a/esphome/components/scd30/scd30.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/scd30/scd30.cpp
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ bool SCD30Component::write_command_(uint16_t command, uint16_t data) {
   raw[2] = data >> 8;
   raw[3] = data & 0xFF;
   raw[4] = sht_crc_(raw[2], raw[3]);
-  return this->write(raw, 5);
+  return this->write(raw, 5) == i2c::ERROR_OK;
 }
 
 uint8_t SCD30Component::sht_crc_(uint8_t data1, uint8_t data2) {