diff --git a/src/panels/config/automation/action/types/ha-automation-action-repeat.ts b/src/panels/config/automation/action/types/ha-automation-action-repeat.ts
index 890133d250..becc0f6f75 100644
--- a/src/panels/config/automation/action/types/ha-automation-action-repeat.ts
+++ b/src/panels/config/automation/action/types/ha-automation-action-repeat.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { css, CSSResultGroup, html, LitElement } from "lit";
+import { css, CSSResultGroup, html, LitElement, PropertyValues } from "lit";
 import { customElement, property } from "lit/decorators";
 import memoizeOne from "memoize-one";
 import { fireEvent } from "../../../../../common/dom/fire_event";
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import type { ActionElement } from "../ha-automation-action-row";
 import type { LocalizeFunc } from "../../../../../common/translations/localize";
 import "../../../../../components/ha-form/ha-form";
 import type { SchemaUnion } from "../../../../../components/ha-form/types";
+import { hasTemplate } from "../../../../../common/string/has-template";
 
 const OPTIONS = ["count", "while", "until", "for_each"] as const;
 
@@ -31,6 +32,20 @@ export class HaRepeatAction extends LitElement implements ActionElement {
     return { repeat: { count: 2, sequence: [] } };
   }
 
+  public willUpdate(changedProperties: PropertyValues) {
+    if (!changedProperties.has("action")) {
+      return;
+    }
+    // Check for templates in action. If found, revert to YAML mode.
+    if (this.action && hasTemplate(this.action)) {
+      fireEvent(
+        this,
+        "ui-mode-not-available",
+        Error(this.hass.localize("ui.errors.config.no_template_editor_support"))
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
   private _schema = memoizeOne(
     (localize: LocalizeFunc, type: string, reOrderMode: boolean) =>
       [
@@ -92,7 +107,7 @@ export class HaRepeatAction extends LitElement implements ActionElement {
       this.reOrderMode
     );
     const data = { ...action, type };
-    return html` <ha-form
+    return html`<ha-form
       .hass=${this.hass}
       .data=${data}
       .schema=${schema}