diff --git a/esphome/components/sml/sml.cpp b/esphome/components/sml/sml.cpp
index 0a58240868..9e52e05be9 100644
--- a/esphome/components/sml/sml.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/sml/sml.cpp
@@ -67,31 +67,12 @@ void Sml::add_on_data_callback(std::function<void(std::vector<uint8_t>, bool)> &
 }
 
 void Sml::process_sml_file_(const byte_span &sml_data) {
-  SmlFile sml_file = SmlFile(sml_data);
-  std::vector<ObisInfo> obis_info = sml_file.get_obis_info();
-  this->publish_obis_info_(obis_info);
-
-  this->log_obis_info_(obis_info);
-}
-
-void Sml::log_obis_info_(const std::vector<ObisInfo> &obis_info_vec) {
-  ESP_LOGD(TAG, "OBIS info:");
-  for (auto const &obis_info : obis_info_vec) {
-    std::string info;
-    info += "  (" + bytes_repr(obis_info.server_id) + ") ";
-    info += obis_info.code_repr();
-    info += " [0x" + bytes_repr(obis_info.value) + "]";
-    ESP_LOGD(TAG, "%s", info.c_str());
-  }
-}
-
-void Sml::publish_obis_info_(const std::vector<ObisInfo> &obis_info_vec) {
-  for (auto const &obis_info : obis_info_vec) {
-    this->publish_value_(obis_info);
-  }
+  SmlFile(sml_data).for_each_obis_info([this](const ObisInfo &obis_info) { this->publish_value_(obis_info); });
 }
 
 void Sml::publish_value_(const ObisInfo &obis_info) {
+  ESP_LOGD(TAG, "OBIS (%s) %s [0x%s]", bytes_repr(obis_info.server_id).c_str(), obis_info.code_repr().c_str(),
+           bytes_repr(obis_info.value).c_str());
   for (auto const &sml_listener : sml_listeners_) {
     if ((!sml_listener->server_id.empty()) && (bytes_repr(obis_info.server_id) != sml_listener->server_id))
       continue;
diff --git a/esphome/components/sml/sml.h b/esphome/components/sml/sml.h
index 7f290dec75..5780564689 100644
--- a/esphome/components/sml/sml.h
+++ b/esphome/components/sml/sml.h
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ class Sml : public Component, public uart::UARTDevice {
 
  protected:
   void process_sml_file_(const byte_span &sml_data);
-  void log_obis_info_(const std::vector<ObisInfo> &obis_info_vec);
-  void publish_obis_info_(const std::vector<ObisInfo> &obis_info_vec);
   char check_start_end_bytes_(uint8_t byte);
   void publish_value_(const ObisInfo &obis_info);
 
diff --git a/esphome/components/sml/sml_parser.cpp b/esphome/components/sml/sml_parser.cpp
index 76b5576081..78d89d1937 100644
--- a/esphome/components/sml/sml_parser.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/sml/sml_parser.cpp
@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ bool SmlFile::setup_node(std::vector<SmlNode> &nodes) {
   return true;
 }
 
-std::vector<ObisInfo> SmlFile::get_obis_info() {
-  std::vector<ObisInfo> obis_info;
+void SmlFile::for_each_obis_info(const std::function<void(const ObisInfo &)> &callback) {
   for (auto const &message : messages) {
     auto message_body = message.nodes[3];
     auto message_type = bytes_to_uint(message_body.nodes[0].value_bytes);
@@ -88,10 +87,9 @@ std::vector<ObisInfo> SmlFile::get_obis_info() {
     auto val_list = get_list_response.nodes[4];
 
     for (auto const &val_list_entry : val_list.nodes) {
-      obis_info.emplace_back(server_id, val_list_entry);
+      callback(ObisInfo(server_id, val_list_entry));
     }
   }
-  return obis_info;
 }
 
 std::string bytes_repr(const byte_span &buffer) {
diff --git a/esphome/components/sml/sml_parser.h b/esphome/components/sml/sml_parser.h
index f769b7419a..9dd9222e2b 100644
--- a/esphome/components/sml/sml_parser.h
+++ b/esphome/components/sml/sml_parser.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class SmlFile {
   SmlFile(byte_span const &buffer);
   bool setup_node(std::vector<SmlNode> &nodes);
   std::vector<SmlNode> messages;
-  std::vector<ObisInfo> get_obis_info();
+  void for_each_obis_info(const std::function<void(const ObisInfo &)> &callback);
 
  protected:
   const byte_span buffer_;