diff --git a/homeassistant/components/sense/__init__.py b/homeassistant/components/sense/__init__.py
index d7887f7ab0197114f19f367254de44a019f5e9ed..13452c97088498b04dd15e2a698de6326493cdda 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/sense/__init__.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/sense/__init__.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ from .const import (
     SENSE_DEVICE_UPDATE,
     SENSE_DEVICES_DATA,
     SENSE_DISCOVERED_DEVICES_DATA,
+    SENSE_TIMEOUT_EXCEPTIONS,
 )
 
 _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ async def async_setup_entry(hass: HomeAssistant, entry: ConfigEntry):
     except SenseAuthenticationException:
         _LOGGER.error("Could not authenticate with sense server")
         return False
-    except SenseAPITimeoutException:
+    except SENSE_TIMEOUT_EXCEPTIONS:
         raise ConfigEntryNotReady
 
     sense_devices_data = SenseDevicesData()
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/sense/config_flow.py b/homeassistant/components/sense/config_flow.py
index 68bbb9ed932dade57c805951069dcd2839f5f015..7a5b04229a17293751d97c766756ec3348efb79f 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/sense/config_flow.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/sense/config_flow.py
@@ -1,17 +1,13 @@
 """Config flow for Sense integration."""
 import logging
 
-from sense_energy import (
-    ASyncSenseable,
-    SenseAPITimeoutException,
-    SenseAuthenticationException,
-)
+from sense_energy import ASyncSenseable, SenseAuthenticationException
 import voluptuous as vol
 
 from homeassistant import config_entries, core
 from homeassistant.const import CONF_EMAIL, CONF_PASSWORD, CONF_TIMEOUT
 
-from .const import ACTIVE_UPDATE_RATE, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
+from .const import ACTIVE_UPDATE_RATE, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, SENSE_TIMEOUT_EXCEPTIONS
 
 from .const import DOMAIN  # pylint:disable=unused-import; pylint:disable=unused-import
 
@@ -55,7 +51,7 @@ class ConfigFlow(config_entries.ConfigFlow, domain=DOMAIN):
                 info = await validate_input(self.hass, user_input)
                 await self.async_set_unique_id(user_input[CONF_EMAIL])
                 return self.async_create_entry(title=info["title"], data=user_input)
-            except SenseAPITimeoutException:
+            except SENSE_TIMEOUT_EXCEPTIONS:
                 errors["base"] = "cannot_connect"
             except SenseAuthenticationException:
                 errors["base"] = "invalid_auth"
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/sense/const.py b/homeassistant/components/sense/const.py
index 619956903f2a4c6571912db82566681bf6d5ffb1..882c3c9d79fbff224cde4021d4c2e1fc780db8a5 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/sense/const.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/sense/const.py
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 """Constants for monitoring a Sense energy sensor."""
+
+import asyncio
+
+from sense_energy import SenseAPITimeoutException
+
 DOMAIN = "sense"
 DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 10
 ACTIVE_UPDATE_RATE = 60
@@ -18,6 +23,8 @@ PRODUCTION_ID = "production"
 
 ICON = "mdi:flash"
 
+SENSE_TIMEOUT_EXCEPTIONS = (asyncio.TimeoutError, SenseAPITimeoutException)
+
 MDI_ICONS = {
     "ac": "air-conditioner",
     "aquarium": "fish",
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/sense/sensor.py b/homeassistant/components/sense/sensor.py
index 6fe7b59c46cb86c5cbfd9e79232a25b5dad340af..06cfb90d2b55ae5c9e62c7a5281d90d82eba21be 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/sense/sensor.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/sense/sensor.py
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 from datetime import timedelta
 import logging
 
-from sense_energy import SenseAPITimeoutException
-
 from homeassistant.const import DEVICE_CLASS_POWER, ENERGY_KILO_WATT_HOUR, POWER_WATT
 from homeassistant.core import callback
 from homeassistant.helpers.dispatcher import async_dispatcher_connect
@@ -24,6 +22,7 @@ from .const import (
     SENSE_DEVICE_UPDATE,
     SENSE_DEVICES_DATA,
     SENSE_DISCOVERED_DEVICES_DATA,
+    SENSE_TIMEOUT_EXCEPTIONS,
 )
 
 MIN_TIME_BETWEEN_DAILY_UPDATES = timedelta(seconds=300)
@@ -256,7 +255,7 @@ class SenseTrendsSensor(Entity):
 
         try:
             await self.update_sensor()
-        except SenseAPITimeoutException:
+        except SENSE_TIMEOUT_EXCEPTIONS:
             _LOGGER.error("Timeout retrieving data")
             return