diff --git a/esphome/components/remote_base/rc_switch_protocol.cpp b/esphome/components/remote_base/rc_switch_protocol.cpp
index 1f38fdca67..cb8a077975 100644
--- a/esphome/components/remote_base/rc_switch_protocol.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/remote_base/rc_switch_protocol.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ void RCSwitchBase::sync(RemoteTransmitData *dst) const {
   }
 }
 void RCSwitchBase::transmit(RemoteTransmitData *dst, uint64_t code, uint8_t len) const {
-  dst->set_carrier_frequency(0);
+  dst->set_carrier_frequency(38000);
   this->sync(dst);
   for (int16_t i = len - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
     if (code & ((uint64_t) 1 << i)) {