diff --git a/esphome/components/output/float_output.cpp b/esphome/components/output/float_output.cpp
index f120f86f1f..e7dba1d81d 100644
--- a/esphome/components/output/float_output.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/output/float_output.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ void FloatOutput::set_level(float state) {
   }
 #endif
 
-  if (!(state == 0.0f && this->zero_means_zero_))  // regardless of min_power_, 0.0 means off
+  if (state != 0.0f || !this->zero_means_zero_)  // regardless of min_power_, 0.0 means off
     state = (state * (this->max_power_ - this->min_power_)) + this->min_power_;
 
   if (this->is_inverted())