diff --git a/src/lib/tuya.ts b/src/lib/tuya.ts
index 1618f9b9ffa4d..80e562dcd8635 100644
--- a/src/lib/tuya.ts
+++ b/src/lib/tuya.ts
@@ -3315,19 +3315,25 @@ const tuyaTz = {
                 return await tz.on_off.convertSet(entity, key, value, meta);
             }
             if (message.brightness != null) {
-                // set brightness
-                if (state.state === "OFF") {
+                // If state includes state_l1 assume we need to use a custom lookup
+                const stateKey = Object.keys(state).find((k) => k.startsWith("state_l1")) ? `state_l${entity.ID}` : "state";
+                // turn on
+                if (state[stateKey] === "OFF") {
                     await entity.command("genOnOff", "on", {}, utils.getOptions(meta.mapped, entity));
                 }
 
                 const brightness = utils.toNumber(message.brightness, "brightness");
+
                 const level = utils.mapNumberRange(brightness, 0, 254, 0, 1000);
+
+                // set brightness
                 await entity.command<"genLevelCtrl", "moveToLevelTuya", TuyaGenLevelCtrl>(
                     "genLevelCtrl",
                     "moveToLevelTuya",
                     {level, transtime: 100},
                     utils.getOptions(meta.mapped, entity),
                 );
+
                 return {state: {state: "ON", brightness}};
             }
         },