diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_frame_helper.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_frame_helper.cpp
index 094dd67e33..d9eadb2aaa 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_frame_helper.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_frame_helper.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "api_frame_helper.h"
 
 #include "esphome/core/log.h"
+#include "esphome/core/hal.h"
 #include "esphome/core/helpers.h"
 #include "proto.h"
 #include <cstring>
@@ -721,7 +722,12 @@ APIError APINoiseFrameHelper::shutdown(int how) {
 }
 extern "C" {
 // declare how noise generates random bytes (here with a good HWRNG based on the RF system)
-void noise_rand_bytes(void *output, size_t len) { esphome::random_bytes(reinterpret_cast<uint8_t *>(output), len); }
+void noise_rand_bytes(void *output, size_t len) {
+  if (!esphome::random_bytes(reinterpret_cast<uint8_t *>(output), len)) {
+    ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Failed to acquire random bytes, rebooting!");
+    arch_restart();
+  }
+}
 }
 #endif  // USE_API_NOISE
 
diff --git a/esphome/core/helpers.cpp b/esphome/core/helpers.cpp
index e15e3a8ea3..5f29abe579 100644
--- a/esphome/core/helpers.cpp
+++ b/esphome/core/helpers.cpp
@@ -287,13 +287,12 @@ uint32_t random_uint32() {
 #endif
 }
 float random_float() { return static_cast<float>(random_uint32()) / static_cast<float>(UINT32_MAX); }
-void random_bytes(uint8_t *data, size_t len) {
+bool random_bytes(uint8_t *data, size_t len) {
 #ifdef USE_ESP32
   esp_fill_random(data, len);
+  return true;
 #elif defined(USE_ESP8266)
-  if (os_get_random(data, len) != 0) {
-    ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Failed to generate random bytes!");
-  }
+  return os_get_random(data, len) == 0;
 #else
 #error "No random source available for this configuration."
 #endif
diff --git a/esphome/core/helpers.h b/esphome/core/helpers.h
index f071b4a814..c9a27a2fab 100644
--- a/esphome/core/helpers.h
+++ b/esphome/core/helpers.h
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ uint32_t random_uint32();
 /// Return a random float between 0 and 1.
 float random_float();
 /// Generate \p len number of random bytes.
-void random_bytes(uint8_t *data, size_t len);
+bool random_bytes(uint8_t *data, size_t len);
 
 ///@}