diff --git a/esphome/components/bme68x_bsec2/bme68x_bsec2.cpp b/esphome/components/bme68x_bsec2/bme68x_bsec2.cpp
index 0210d1e67d..ed2ec80896 100644
--- a/esphome/components/bme68x_bsec2/bme68x_bsec2.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/bme68x_bsec2/bme68x_bsec2.cpp
@@ -279,7 +279,8 @@ void BME68xBSEC2Component::run_() {
     uint32_t meas_dur = 0;
     meas_dur = bme68x_get_meas_dur(this->op_mode_, &bme68x_conf, &this->bme68x_);
     ESP_LOGV(TAG, "Queueing read in %uus", meas_dur);
-    this->set_timeout("read", meas_dur / 1000, [this, curr_time_ns]() { this->read_(curr_time_ns); });
+    this->trigger_time_ns_ = curr_time_ns;
+    this->set_timeout("read", meas_dur / 1000, [this]() { this->read_(this->trigger_time_ns_); });
   } else {
     ESP_LOGV(TAG, "Measurement not required");
     this->read_(curr_time_ns);
diff --git a/esphome/components/bme68x_bsec2/bme68x_bsec2.h b/esphome/components/bme68x_bsec2/bme68x_bsec2.h
index 8f4d8f61c2..1ed72eee03 100644
--- a/esphome/components/bme68x_bsec2/bme68x_bsec2.h
+++ b/esphome/components/bme68x_bsec2/bme68x_bsec2.h
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ class BME68xBSEC2Component : public Component {
   int8_t bme68x_status_{BME68X_OK};
 
   int64_t last_time_ms_{0};
+  int64_t trigger_time_ns_{0};  // Stored for set_timeout lambda to help avoid heap allocation on supported 32-bit
+                                // toolchains with small std::function SBO
   uint32_t millis_overflow_counter_{0};
 
   std::queue<std::function<void()>> queue_;