diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
index fdcce6088c..f32ec2a8e2 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ void APIConnection::start() {
     return;
   }
   this->client_info_ = helper_->getpeername();
-  this->client_peername_ = this->client_info_;
   this->helper_->set_log_info(this->client_info_);
 }
 
@@ -1550,12 +1549,11 @@ bool APIConnection::try_send_log_message(int level, const char *tag, const char
 
 HelloResponse APIConnection::hello(const HelloRequest &msg) {
   this->client_info_ = msg.client_info;
-  this->client_peername_ = this->helper_->getpeername();
   this->helper_->set_log_info(this->get_client_combined_info());
   this->client_api_version_major_ = msg.api_version_major;
   this->client_api_version_minor_ = msg.api_version_minor;
   ESP_LOGV(TAG, "Hello from client: '%s' | %s | API Version %" PRIu32 ".%" PRIu32, this->client_info_.c_str(),
-           this->client_peername_.c_str(), this->client_api_version_major_, this->client_api_version_minor_);
+           this->helper_->getpeername().c_str(), this->client_api_version_major_, this->client_api_version_minor_);
 
   HelloResponse resp;
   resp.api_version_major = 1;
@@ -1575,7 +1573,7 @@ ConnectResponse APIConnection::connect(const ConnectRequest &msg) {
   if (correct) {
     ESP_LOGD(TAG, "%s connected", this->get_client_combined_info().c_str());
     this->connection_state_ = ConnectionState::AUTHENTICATED;
-    this->parent_->get_client_connected_trigger()->trigger(this->client_info_, this->client_peername_);
+    this->parent_->get_client_connected_trigger()->trigger(this->client_info_, this->helper_->getpeername());
 #ifdef USE_HOMEASSISTANT_TIME
     if (homeassistant::global_homeassistant_time != nullptr) {
       this->send_time_request();
diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.h b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.h
index e872711e95..da88f17faf 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.h
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.h
@@ -276,11 +276,12 @@ class APIConnection : public APIServerConnection {
   bool send_buffer(ProtoWriteBuffer buffer, uint16_t message_type) override;
 
   std::string get_client_combined_info() const {
-    if (this->client_info_ == this->client_peername_) {
+    std::string peername = this->helper_->getpeername();
+    if (this->client_info_ == peername) {
       // Before Hello message, both are the same (just IP:port)
       return this->client_info_;
     }
-    return this->client_info_ + " (" + this->client_peername_ + ")";
+    return this->client_info_ + " (" + peername + ")";
   }
 
   // Buffer allocator methods for batch processing
@@ -452,7 +453,6 @@ class APIConnection : public APIServerConnection {
 
   // Strings (12 bytes each on 32-bit)
   std::string client_info_;
-  std::string client_peername_;
 
   // 2-byte aligned types
   uint16_t client_api_version_major_{0};
diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_server.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_server.cpp
index 583837af82..fdd10c4644 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_server.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_server.cpp
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ void APIServer::loop() {
     }
 
     // Rare case: handle disconnection
-    this->client_disconnected_trigger_->trigger(client->client_info_, client->client_peername_);
+    this->client_disconnected_trigger_->trigger(client->client_info_, client->helper_->getpeername());
     ESP_LOGV(TAG, "Remove connection %s", client->client_info_.c_str());
 
     // Swap with the last element and pop (avoids expensive vector shifts)