diff --git a/esphome/components/tuya/tuya.cpp b/esphome/components/tuya/tuya.cpp
index d73ba50462..4f65fa7118 100644
--- a/esphome/components/tuya/tuya.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/tuya/tuya.cpp
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ void Tuya::set_string_datapoint_value(uint8_t datapoint_id, const std::string &v
   for (char const &c : value) {
     data.push_back(c);
   }
-  this->send_datapoint_command_(datapoint->id, datapoint->type, data);
+  this->send_datapoint_command_(datapoint_id, TuyaDatapointType::STRING, data);
 }
 
 void Tuya::set_enum_datapoint_value(uint8_t datapoint_id, uint8_t value) {