diff --git a/homeassistant/components/tuya/vacuum.py b/homeassistant/components/tuya/vacuum.py
index 25596da01b5..5602413615c 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/tuya/vacuum.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/tuya/vacuum.py
@@ -131,7 +131,9 @@ class TuyaVacuumEntity(TuyaEntity, StateVacuumEntity):
     @property
     def state(self) -> str | None:
         """Return Tuya vacuum device state."""
-        if self.device.status.get(DPCode.PAUSE):
+        if self.device.status.get(DPCode.PAUSE) and not (
+            self.device.status.get(DPCode.STATUS)
+        ):
             return STATE_PAUSED
         if not (status := self.device.status.get(DPCode.STATUS)):
             return None