diff --git a/esphome/components/script/__init__.py b/esphome/components/script/__init__.py
index 4437fa8d9e..5075bb1f56 100644
--- a/esphome/components/script/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/script/__init__.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def script_stop_action_to_code(config, action_id, template_arg, args):
 }))
 def script_wait_action_to_code(config, action_id, template_arg, args):
     paren = yield cg.get_variable(config[CONF_ID])
-    var = cg.new_Pvariable(action_id, template_arg, paren)
+    var = yield cg.new_Pvariable(action_id, template_arg, paren)
     yield cg.register_component(var, {})
     yield var