diff --git a/homeassistant/components/hydrawise/entity.py b/homeassistant/components/hydrawise/entity.py
index e171a77ba6d8..6b4149889445 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/hydrawise/entity.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/hydrawise/entity.py
@@ -80,11 +80,16 @@ class HydrawiseEntity(CoordinatorEntity[HydrawiseDataUpdateCoordinator]):
     @override
     def _handle_coordinator_update(self) -> None:
         """Get the latest data and updates the state."""
-        # Guard against updates arriving after the controller has been removed
+        # Guard against updates arriving after what the entity reads on has gone
         # but before the entity has been unsubscribed from the coordinator.
-        if self.controller.id not in self.coordinator.data.controllers:
+        data = self.coordinator.data
+        if (
+            self.controller.id not in data.controllers
+            or (self.zone_id is not None and self.zone_id not in data.zones)
+            or (self.sensor_id is not None and self.sensor_id not in data.sensors)
+        ):
             return
-        self.controller = self.coordinator.data.controllers[self.controller.id]
+        self.controller = data.controllers[self.controller.id]
         self._update_attrs()
         super()._handle_coordinator_update()
 
diff --git a/tests/components/hydrawise/test_init.py b/tests/components/hydrawise/test_init.py
index 15d24a53bce1..6a69e1fad420 100644
--- a/tests/components/hydrawise/test_init.py
+++ b/tests/components/hydrawise/test_init.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from unittest.mock import AsyncMock
 from aiohttp import ClientError
 from freezegun.api import FrozenDateTimeFactory
 from pydrawise.schema import Controller, User, Zone
+import pytest
 
 from homeassistant.components.hydrawise.const import DOMAIN, MAIN_SCAN_INTERVAL
 from homeassistant.config_entries import ConfigEntryState
@@ -161,3 +162,34 @@ async def test_auto_remove_devices(
         device_registry, mock_added_config_entry.entry_id
     )
     assert len(all_devices) == 0
+
+
+async def test_zones_of_one_controller_go_missing(
+    hass: HomeAssistant,
+    mock_added_config_entry: MockConfigEntry,
+    mock_pydrawise: AsyncMock,
+    zones: list[Zone],
+    freezer: FrozenDateTimeFactory,
+    caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture,
+) -> None:
+    """Test a controller answering without its zones does not crash the update.
+
+    The controller is still there, so the entities of its zones are still
+    subscribed when the refresh that drops them arrives.
+    """
+    assert hass.states.get("binary_sensor.zone_one_watering") is not None
+
+    mock_pydrawise.get_zones.return_value = []
+
+    freezer.tick(MAIN_SCAN_INTERVAL)
+    async_fire_time_changed(hass)
+    await hass.async_block_till_done(wait_background_tasks=True)
+
+    mock_pydrawise.get_zones.return_value = zones
+
+    freezer.tick(MAIN_SCAN_INTERVAL)
+    async_fire_time_changed(hass)
+    await hass.async_block_till_done(wait_background_tasks=True)
+
+    assert hass.states.get("binary_sensor.zone_one_watering") is not None
+    assert "KeyError" not in caplog.text