Fix use of optional<T>

[dudanov]

What does this implement/fix?

Fix problem from this conversation https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/5038/files#r1260562570

Types of changes

• Bugfix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
• Other

Test Environment

• ESP32
• ESP32 IDF
• ESP8266
• RP2040

Checklist:

• The code change is tested and works locally.
• Tests have been added to verify that the new code works (under tests/ folder).

If user exposed functionality or configuration variables are added/changed:

• Documentation added/updated in esphome-docs.