diff --git a/esphome/components/espnow/espnow.cpp b/esphome/components/espnow/espnow.cpp
index 7ae6533daa..a6220d9786 100644
--- a/esphome/components/espnow/espnow.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/espnow/espnow.cpp
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ void ESPNowComponent::on_data_sent(const uint8_t *mac_addr, esp_now_send_status_
       ESP_LOGE(TAG, "sent packet failed (0x%04x.%d)", packet.ref_id, packet.retrys);
     } else if (packet.mac64 != mac64) {
       ESP_LOGE(TAG, " Invalid mac address. (0x%04x.%d) expected: %s got %s", packet.ref_id, packet.retrys,
-               packet.to_str().c_str(), packet.to_str(mac64));
+               packet.to_str().c_str(), packet.to_str(mac64).c_str());
     } else {
       ESP_LOGV(TAG, "Confirm sent (0x%04x.%d)", packet.ref_id, packet.retrys);
       global_esp_now->unlock();
diff --git a/esphome/components/espnow/espnow_packet.c b/esphome/components/espnow/espnow_packet.c
index 001a7c51c9..3dbcdda2b5 100644
--- a/esphome/components/espnow/espnow_packet.c
+++ b/esphome/components/espnow/espnow_packet.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#include "espnow_packet.h"
-#if defined(USE_ESP32)
 
+#if defined(USE_ESP32)
+#include "espnow_packet.h"
 #include "esphome/core/log.h"
 
 static const char *const TAG = "espnow_packet";