diff --git a/esphome/components/libretiny/core.cpp b/esphome/components/libretiny/core.cpp
index 1cfe68e924..1b74e3addb 100644
--- a/esphome/components/libretiny/core.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/libretiny/core.cpp
@@ -16,8 +16,29 @@ void loop();
 namespace esphome {
 
 void HOT yield() { ::yield(); }
+// Inline the tick read so esphome::millis() matches MillisInternal::get()'s fast
+// path instead of going through the Arduino core's out-of-line ::millis() wrapper.
+//
+// RTL87xx / LN882x (1 kHz): xTaskGetTickCount() is already ms. IRAM_ATTR + ISR
+// dispatch are needed because ISR handlers (e.g. rotary_encoder) call millis().
+//
+// BK72xx (500 Hz): ticks * portTICK_PERIOD_MS (== 2). IRAM_ATTR and ISR dispatch
+// are both unnecessary — the SDK masks FIQ + IRQ during flash writes (see hal.h),
+// so no ISR runs while flash is stalled.
+#if defined(USE_RTL87XX) || defined(USE_LN882X)
+uint32_t IRAM_ATTR HOT millis() {
+  static_assert(configTICK_RATE_HZ == 1000, "millis() fast path requires 1 kHz FreeRTOS tick");
+  return in_isr_context() ? xTaskGetTickCountFromISR() : xTaskGetTickCount();
+}
+#elif defined(USE_BK72XX)
+uint32_t HOT millis() {
+  static_assert(configTICK_RATE_HZ == 500, "BK72xx millis() fast path assumes 500 Hz FreeRTOS tick");
+  return xTaskGetTickCount() * portTICK_PERIOD_MS;
+}
+#else
 uint32_t IRAM_ATTR HOT millis() { return ::millis(); }
-uint64_t millis_64() { return Millis64Impl::compute(::millis()); }
+#endif
+uint64_t millis_64() { return Millis64Impl::compute(millis()); }
 uint32_t IRAM_ATTR HOT micros() { return ::micros(); }
 void HOT delay(uint32_t ms) { ::delay(ms); }
 void IRAM_ATTR HOT delayMicroseconds(uint32_t us) { ::delayMicroseconds(us); }
diff --git a/esphome/core/millis_internal.h b/esphome/core/millis_internal.h
index 6b73476680..bc1d55a1c4 100644
--- a/esphome/core/millis_internal.h
+++ b/esphome/core/millis_internal.h
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 #include <freertos/FreeRTOS.h>
 #include <freertos/task.h>
 #include <sdkconfig.h>
+#elif defined(USE_LIBRETINY)
+#include <FreeRTOS.h>
+#include <task.h>
 #endif
 
 namespace esphome {
@@ -14,10 +17,11 @@ namespace esphome {
 // Friend-gated accessor for a fast millis() variant intended only for
 // known task-context callers on the main loop hot path (Application::loop()
 // and WarnIfComponentBlockingGuard::finish()). It skips the ISR-context
-// dispatch that the public esphome::millis() pays on ESP32.
+// dispatch that the public esphome::millis() pays on ESP32 and libretiny.
 //
-// MUST NOT be called from ISR context: on ESP32 it calls the non-FromISR
-// FreeRTOS API directly, which is undefined behavior in ISR context.
+// MUST NOT be called from ISR context: on ESP32 and libretiny it calls the
+// non-FromISR FreeRTOS API directly, which is undefined behavior in ISR
+// context.
 //
 // Adding new callers requires adding a friend declaration here — that
 // is the review point. Do not relax the access (e.g. by making get()
@@ -31,6 +35,16 @@ class MillisInternal {
   static ESPHOME_ALWAYS_INLINE uint32_t get() {
 #if defined(USE_ESP32) && CONFIG_FREERTOS_HZ == 1000
     return xTaskGetTickCount();
+#elif defined(USE_LIBRETINY) && (defined(USE_RTL87XX) || defined(USE_LN882X))
+    // 1 kHz: xTaskGetTickCount() is already ms.
+    static_assert(configTICK_RATE_HZ == 1000, "MillisInternal fast path requires 1 kHz FreeRTOS tick");
+    return xTaskGetTickCount();
+#elif defined(USE_BK72XX)
+    // 500 Hz: scale by portTICK_PERIOD_MS (== 2). Inlined to avoid the
+    // out-of-line call to esphome::millis() (IRAM_ATTR is a no-op on BK72xx —
+    // SDK masks FIQ + IRQ during flash writes, see hal.h).
+    static_assert(configTICK_RATE_HZ == 500, "BK72xx MillisInternal assumes 500 Hz FreeRTOS tick");
+    return xTaskGetTickCount() * portTICK_PERIOD_MS;
 #else
     return millis();
 #endif