diff --git a/mobile/android/components/Snippets.js b/mobile/android/components/Snippets.js
index d980a7096d9..6438736709b 100644
--- a/mobile/android/components/Snippets.js
+++ b/mobile/android/components/Snippets.js
@@ -136,9 +136,8 @@ function cacheSnippets(response) {
 function loadSnippetsFromCache() {
   let promise = OS.File.read(gSnippetsPath);
   promise.then(array => updateBanner(gDecoder.decode(array)), e => {
-    // If snippets.json doesn't exist, update data from the server.
     if (e instanceof OS.File.Error && e.becauseNoSuchFile) {
-      update();
+      Cu.reportError("Couldn't show snippets because cache does not exist yet.");
     } else {
       Cu.reportError("Error loading snippets from cache: " + e);
     }