diff --git a/esphome/core/helpers.cpp b/esphome/core/helpers.cpp
index 2e99b0df70..61fd23508e 100644
--- a/esphome/core/helpers.cpp
+++ b/esphome/core/helpers.cpp
@@ -44,9 +44,7 @@
 #endif
 #ifdef USE_ESP32
 #include "esp32/rom/crc.h"
-#endif
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_SOC_IEEE802154_SUPPORTED) || defined(USE_ESP32_IGNORE_EFUSE_MAC_CRC)
 #include "esp_efuse.h"
 #include "esp_efuse_table.h"
 #endif
@@ -713,10 +711,11 @@ void set_mac_address(uint8_t *mac) { esp_base_mac_addr_set(mac); }
 bool has_custom_mac_address() {
 #ifdef USE_ESP32
   uint8_t mac[6];
-#if defined(CONFIG_SOC_IEEE802154_SUPPORTED) || defined(USE_ESP32_IGNORE_EFUSE_MAC_CRC)
-  return (esp_efuse_read_field_blob(ESP_EFUSE_MAC_CUSTOM, mac, 48) == ESP_OK) && mac_address_is_valid(mac);
+  // do not use 'esp_efuse_mac_get_custom(mac)' because it drops an error in the logs whenever it fails
+#ifndef USE_ESP32_VARIANT_ESP32
+  return (esp_efuse_read_field_blob(ESP_EFUSE_USER_DATA_MAC_CUSTOM, mac, 48) == ESP_OK) && mac_address_is_valid(mac);
 #else
-  return (esp_efuse_mac_get_custom(mac) == ESP_OK) && mac_address_is_valid(mac);
+  return (esp_efuse_read_field_blob(ESP_EFUSE_MAC_CUSTOM, mac, 48) == ESP_OK) && mac_address_is_valid(mac);
 #endif
 #else
   return false;