diff --git a/src/panels/lovelace/common/process-config-entities.ts b/src/panels/lovelace/common/process-config-entities.ts
index 3b13ce4938..adb91cd09c 100644
--- a/src/panels/lovelace/common/process-config-entities.ts
+++ b/src/panels/lovelace/common/process-config-entities.ts
@@ -30,12 +30,11 @@ export const processConfigEntities = <T extends EntityConfig>(
             `Entity object at position ${index} is missing entity field.`
           );
         }
+        config = entityConf as T;
       } else {
         throw new Error(`Invalid entity specified at position ${index}.`);
       }
 
-      config = entityConf as T;
-
       if (!isValidEntityId(config.entity)) {
         throw new Error(
           `Invalid entity ID at position ${index}: ${config.entity}`