diff --git a/esphome/components/tuya/tuya.cpp b/esphome/components/tuya/tuya.cpp
index bbbc9274c3..d73ba50462 100644
--- a/esphome/components/tuya/tuya.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/tuya/tuya.cpp
@@ -241,8 +241,10 @@ void Tuya::handle_datapoint_(const uint8_t *buffer, size_t len) {
   size_t data_size = (buffer[2] << 8) + buffer[3];
   const uint8_t *data = buffer + 4;
   size_t data_len = len - 4;
-  if (data_size != data_len) {
-    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Datapoint %u is not expected size (%zu != %zu)", datapoint.id, data_size, data_len);
+  if (data_size > data_len) {
+    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Datapoint %u has extra bytes that will be ignored (%zu > %zu)", datapoint.id, data_size, data_len);
+  } else if (data_size < data_len) {
+    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Datapoint %u is truncated and cannot be parsed (%zu < %zu)", datapoint.id, data_size, data_len);
     return;
   }
   datapoint.len = data_len;