diff --git a/esphome/components/ebyte_lora/ebyte_lora_component.cpp b/esphome/components/ebyte_lora/ebyte_lora_component.cpp
index c18c704be9..6afb9f606d 100644
--- a/esphome/components/ebyte_lora/ebyte_lora_component.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/ebyte_lora/ebyte_lora_component.cpp
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ void EbyteLoraComponent::process_(std::vector<uint8_t> data) {
 #ifdef USE_BINARY_SENSOR
   auto &binary_sensors = this->remote_binary_sensors_[network_id_];
 #endif
-  ESP_LOGD(TAG, "GOT new data to process");
+
   uint8_t first_byte = data[0];
   bool unknown_key = true;
   // rssi is always the last one, except for when it is a program conf
diff --git a/esphome/components/ebyte_lora/ebyte_lora_component.h b/esphome/components/ebyte_lora/ebyte_lora_component.h
index 597105a7cf..d1a50ab22a 100644
--- a/esphome/components/ebyte_lora/ebyte_lora_component.h
+++ b/esphome/components/ebyte_lora/ebyte_lora_component.h
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class EbyteLoraComponent : public PollingComponent, public uart::UARTDevice {
   // if set it will function as a repeater only
   bool repeater_enabled_ = false;
   // used to tell one lora device apart from another
-  int network_id_ = 0;
+  uint8_t network_id_ = 0;
   int rssi_ = 0;
   RegisterConfig current_config_{};
   RegisterConfig expected_config_{};