diff --git a/esphome/components/camera/camera.cpp b/esphome/components/camera/camera.cpp
index becf3fee2e..1e2f4397f7 100644
--- a/esphome/components/camera/camera.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/camera/camera.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace esphome {
 namespace camera {
 
+// NOLINTNEXTLINE(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
 Camera *Camera::global_camera = nullptr;
 
 Camera::Camera() { global_camera = this; }
diff --git a/esphome/components/camera/camera.h b/esphome/components/camera/camera.h
index 0515b7396a..08ae637eb4 100644
--- a/esphome/components/camera/camera.h
+++ b/esphome/components/camera/camera.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ class Camera : public EntityBase {
   virtual void stop_stream(CameraRequester requester) = 0;
   virtual ~Camera() {}
   /// The singleton instance of the camera implementation.
+  // NOLINTNEXTLINE(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
   static Camera *global_camera;
 };