diff --git a/esphome/components/qspi_dbi/display.py b/esphome/components/qspi_dbi/display.py
index 48d1f6d12e..595067e94c 100644
--- a/esphome/components/qspi_dbi/display.py
+++ b/esphome/components/qspi_dbi/display.py
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(
         upper=True,
         key=CONF_MODEL,
     ),
+    _validate,
     cv.only_on_esp32,
 )