diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/buffer/view.go b/pkg/tcpip/buffer/view.go
index bbb4e1d24..85ae38ac8 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/buffer/view.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/buffer/view.go
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ func (vv *VectorisedView) Clone(buffer []View) VectorisedView {
 }
 
 // First returns the first view of the vectorised view.
-// It panics if the vectorised view is empty.
 func (vv *VectorisedView) First() View {
 	if len(vv.views) == 0 {
 		return nil