diff --git a/esphome/components/weikai/weikai.h b/esphome/components/weikai/weikai.h
index 042c729162..175a067b27 100644
--- a/esphome/components/weikai/weikai.h
+++ b/esphome/components/weikai/weikai.h
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ class WeikaiComponent : public Component {
 
   /// @brief store the name for the component
   /// @param name the name as defined by the python code generator
-  void set_name(std::string name) { this->name_ = std::move(name); }
+  void set_name(std::string &&name) { this->name_ = std::move(name); }
 
   /// @brief Get the name of the component
   /// @return the name
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ class WeikaiChannel : public uart::UARTComponent {
 
   /// @brief The name as generated by the Python code generator
   /// @param name of the channel
-  void set_channel_name(std::string name) { this->name_ = std::move(name); }
+  void set_channel_name(std::string &&name) { this->name_ = std::move(name); }
 
   /// @brief Get the channel name
   /// @return the name