diff --git a/esphome/dashboard/dashboard.py b/esphome/dashboard/dashboard.py
index 492b86384d..eb698a7de1 100644
--- a/esphome/dashboard/dashboard.py
+++ b/esphome/dashboard/dashboard.py
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ class MDNSStatusThread(threading.Thread):
 class PingStatusThread(threading.Thread):
     def run(self):
         with multiprocessing.Pool(processes=8) as pool:
-            while not STOP_EVENT.is_set():
+            while not STOP_EVENT.wait(2):
                 # Only do pings if somebody has the dashboard open
 
                 def callback(ret):