diff --git a/esphome/core/helpers.cpp b/esphome/core/helpers.cpp
index 0bc762fd0d..c65928556a 100644
--- a/esphome/core/helpers.cpp
+++ b/esphome/core/helpers.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #include "esp32/rom/crc.h"
 #endif
 
-#ifdef USE_ESP32_IGNORE_EFUSE_MAC_CRC
+#if defined(CONFIG_SOC_IEEE802154_SUPPORTED) || defined(USE_ESP32_IGNORE_EFUSE_MAC_CRC)
 #include "esp_efuse.h"
 #include "esp_efuse_table.h"
 #endif
@@ -540,7 +540,9 @@ bool HighFrequencyLoopRequester::is_high_frequency() { return num_requests > 0;
 
 void get_mac_address_raw(uint8_t *mac) {  // NOLINT(readability-non-const-parameter)
 #if defined(USE_ESP32)
-#if defined(USE_ESP32_IGNORE_EFUSE_MAC_CRC)
+#if defined(CONFIG_SOC_IEEE802154_SUPPORTED) || defined(USE_ESP32_IGNORE_EFUSE_MAC_CRC)
+  // When CONFIG_SOC_IEEE802154_SUPPORTED is defined, esp_efuse_mac_get_default
+  // returns the 802.15.4 EUI-64 address. Read directly from eFuse instead.
   // On some devices, the MAC address that is burnt into EFuse does not
   // match the CRC that goes along with it. For those devices, this
   // work-around reads and uses the MAC address as-is from EFuse,