diff --git a/homeassistant/components/androidtv_remote/config_flow.py b/homeassistant/components/androidtv_remote/config_flow.py
index 24b64c622a99..f7e1078d3fa6 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/androidtv_remote/config_flow.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/androidtv_remote/config_flow.py
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ class AndroidTVRemoteConfigFlow(config_entries.ConfigFlow, domain=DOMAIN):
         self.host = discovery_info.host
         self.name = discovery_info.name.removesuffix("._androidtvremote2._tcp.local.")
         self.mac = discovery_info.properties.get("bt")
-        assert self.mac
+        if not self.mac:
+            return self.async_abort(reason="cannot_connect")
         await self.async_set_unique_id(format_mac(self.mac))
         self._abort_if_unique_id_configured(
             updates={CONF_HOST: self.host, CONF_NAME: self.name}
diff --git a/tests/components/androidtv_remote/test_config_flow.py b/tests/components/androidtv_remote/test_config_flow.py
index ea1f4abfc1db..ec368081a95d 100644
--- a/tests/components/androidtv_remote/test_config_flow.py
+++ b/tests/components/androidtv_remote/test_config_flow.py
@@ -712,6 +712,30 @@ async def test_zeroconf_flow_already_configured_host_not_changed_no_reload_entry
     assert len(mock_setup_entry.mock_calls) == 0
 
 
+async def test_zeroconf_flow_abort_if_mac_is_missing(
+    hass: HomeAssistant,
+) -> None:
+    """Test when mac is missing in the zeroconf discovery we abort."""
+    host = "1.2.3.4"
+    name = "My Android TV"
+
+    result = await hass.config_entries.flow.async_init(
+        DOMAIN,
+        context={"source": config_entries.SOURCE_ZEROCONF},
+        data=zeroconf.ZeroconfServiceInfo(
+            host=host,
+            addresses=[host],
+            port=6466,
+            hostname=host,
+            type="mock_type",
+            name=name + "._androidtvremote2._tcp.local.",
+            properties={},
+        ),
+    )
+    assert result["type"] == FlowResultType.ABORT
+    assert result["reason"] == "cannot_connect"
+
+
 async def test_reauth_flow_success(
     hass: HomeAssistant,
     mock_setup_entry: AsyncMock,