diff --git a/esphome/components/st7735/st7735.cpp b/esphome/components/st7735/st7735.cpp
index 2a3d8fc903..5cd79da2cb 100644
--- a/esphome/components/st7735/st7735.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/st7735/st7735.cpp
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ void HOT ST7735::senddata_(const uint8_t *data_bytes, uint8_t num_data_bytes) {
   this->cs_->digital_write(false);
   this->enable();
   for (uint8_t i = 0; i < num_data_bytes; i++) {
-    this->transfer_byte(pgm_read_byte(data_bytes++));  // write byte - SPI library
+    this->write_byte(pgm_read_byte(data_bytes++));  // write byte - SPI library
   }
   this->cs_->digital_write(true);
   this->disable();