diff --git a/src/components/entity/ha-entity-combo-box.ts b/src/components/entity/ha-entity-combo-box.ts
index d1d22b4c55..5d31baa43b 100644
--- a/src/components/entity/ha-entity-combo-box.ts
+++ b/src/components/entity/ha-entity-combo-box.ts
@@ -410,7 +410,9 @@ export class HaEntityComboBox extends LitElement {
   protected render(): TemplateResult {
     return html`
       <ha-combo-box
+        item-id-path="id"
         item-value-path="id"
+        item-label-path="label"
         .hass=${this.hass}
         .value=${this._value}
         .label=${this.label === undefined
diff --git a/src/components/entity/ha-statistic-combo-box.ts b/src/components/entity/ha-statistic-combo-box.ts
index 30749279ae..eaddfe7ddd 100644
--- a/src/components/entity/ha-statistic-combo-box.ts
+++ b/src/components/entity/ha-statistic-combo-box.ts
@@ -396,6 +396,9 @@ export class HaStatisticComboBox extends LitElement {
 
     return html`
       <ha-combo-box
+        item-id-path="id"
+        item-value-path="id"
+        item-label-path="label"
         .hass=${this.hass}
         .label=${this.label === undefined && this.hass
           ? this.hass.localize("ui.components.statistic-picker.statistic")
@@ -405,9 +408,6 @@ export class HaStatisticComboBox extends LitElement {
         .disabled=${this.disabled}
         .allowCustomValue=${this.allowCustomEntity}
         .filteredItems=${this._items}
-        item-value-path="id"
-        item-id-path="id"
-        item-label-path="label"
         @opened-changed=${this._openedChanged}
         @value-changed=${this._statisticChanged}
         @filter-changed=${this._filterChanged}