diff --git a/esphome/components/network/ip_address.h b/esphome/components/network/ip_address.h
index 8b05237c05..7a4d394805 100644
--- a/esphome/components/network/ip_address.h
+++ b/esphome/components/network/ip_address.h
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ struct IPAddress {
   bool is_ip6() { return IP_IS_V6(&ip_addr_); }
   std::string str() const { return ipaddr_ntoa(&ip_addr_); }
   bool operator==(const IPAddress &other) const { return ip_addr_cmp(&ip_addr_, &other.ip_addr_); }
-  bool operator!=(const IPAddress &other) const { return !(&ip_addr_ == &other.ip_addr_); }
+  bool operator!=(const IPAddress &other) const { return !ip_addr_cmp(&ip_addr_, &other.ip_addr_); }
   IPAddress &operator+=(uint8_t increase) {
     if (IP_IS_V4(&ip_addr_)) {
 #if LWIP_IPV6