diff --git a/esphome/components/usb_cdc_acm/usb_cdc_acm.cpp b/esphome/components/usb_cdc_acm/usb_cdc_acm.cpp
index a4c2e6c4a48..253626f0a3e 100644
--- a/esphome/components/usb_cdc_acm/usb_cdc_acm.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/usb_cdc_acm/usb_cdc_acm.cpp
@@ -26,16 +26,13 @@ void USBCDCACMInstance::queue_line_state_event(bool dtr, bool rts) {
   event->data.line_state.dtr = dtr;
   event->data.line_state.rts = rts;
 
-  if (!this->event_queue_.push(event)) {
-    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Event queue full, line state event dropped (itf=%d)", this->itf_);
-    // Return event to pool since we couldn't queue it
-    this->event_pool_.release(event);
-  } else {
-    // Wake main loop immediately to process event
+  // Push always succeeds: pool is sized to queue capacity (SIZE-1), so if
+  // allocate() returned non-null, the queue cannot be full.
+  this->event_queue_.push(event);
+
 #if defined(USE_SOCKET_SELECT_SUPPORT) && defined(USE_WAKE_LOOP_THREADSAFE)
-    App.wake_loop_threadsafe();
+  App.wake_loop_threadsafe();
 #endif
-  }
 }
 
 void USBCDCACMInstance::queue_line_coding_event(uint32_t bit_rate, uint8_t stop_bits, uint8_t parity,
@@ -53,16 +50,13 @@ void USBCDCACMInstance::queue_line_coding_event(uint32_t bit_rate, uint8_t stop_
   event->data.line_coding.parity = parity;
   event->data.line_coding.data_bits = data_bits;
 
-  if (!this->event_queue_.push(event)) {
-    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Event queue full, line coding event dropped (itf=%d)", this->itf_);
-    // Return event to pool since we couldn't queue it
-    this->event_pool_.release(event);
-  } else {
-    // Wake main loop immediately to process event
+  // Push always succeeds: pool is sized to queue capacity (SIZE-1), so if
+  // allocate() returned non-null, the queue cannot be full.
+  this->event_queue_.push(event);
+
 #if defined(USE_SOCKET_SELECT_SUPPORT) && defined(USE_WAKE_LOOP_THREADSAFE)
-    App.wake_loop_threadsafe();
+  App.wake_loop_threadsafe();
 #endif
-  }
 }
 
 void USBCDCACMInstance::process_events_() {
diff --git a/esphome/components/usb_cdc_acm/usb_cdc_acm.h b/esphome/components/usb_cdc_acm/usb_cdc_acm.h
index 020542e7490..a56abc9ee8e 100644
--- a/esphome/components/usb_cdc_acm/usb_cdc_acm.h
+++ b/esphome/components/usb_cdc_acm/usb_cdc_acm.h
@@ -102,7 +102,11 @@ class USBCDCACMInstance : public uart::UARTComponent, public Parented<USBCDCACMC
   LineStateCallback line_state_callback_{nullptr};
 
   // Lock-free queue and event pool for cross-task event passing
-  EventPool<CDCEvent, EVENT_QUEUE_SIZE> event_pool_;
+  // Pool sized to queue capacity (SIZE-1) because LockFreeQueue<T,N> is a ring
+  // buffer that holds N-1 elements. This guarantees allocate() returns nullptr
+  // before push() can fail, preventing both a pool slot leak and an SPSC
+  // violation on the pool's internal free list.
+  EventPool<CDCEvent, EVENT_QUEUE_SIZE - 1> event_pool_;
   LockFreeQueue<CDCEvent, EVENT_QUEUE_SIZE> event_queue_;
 };