From 4a80a09db3c3a871f2825a2b7b7f1621ffab0f8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kevdliu <1766838+kevdliu@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 17:32:31 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix voice assistant crash when no speaker configured (#7075)

---
 esphome/components/voice_assistant/voice_assistant.cpp | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/voice_assistant/voice_assistant.cpp b/esphome/components/voice_assistant/voice_assistant.cpp
index 8a8a9e92aa..e4f388db68 100644
--- a/esphome/components/voice_assistant/voice_assistant.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/voice_assistant/voice_assistant.cpp
@@ -684,7 +684,9 @@ void VoiceAssistant::on_event(const api::VoiceAssistantEventResponse &msg) {
       this->defer([this, text]() {
         this->tts_start_trigger_->trigger(text);
 #ifdef USE_SPEAKER
-        this->speaker_->start();
+        if (this->speaker_ != nullptr) {
+          this->speaker_->start();
+        }
 #endif
       });
       break;