diff --git a/pkg/network/ebpf/c/protocols/http2/decoding.h b/pkg/network/ebpf/c/protocols/http2/decoding.h
index 7abd0a642f897..2582951c20ea5 100644
--- a/pkg/network/ebpf/c/protocols/http2/decoding.h
+++ b/pkg/network/ebpf/c/protocols/http2/decoding.h
@@ -625,11 +625,6 @@ static __always_inline void handle_first_frame(pktbuf_t pkt, __u32 *external_dat
         return;
     }
 
-    http2_telemetry_t *http2_tel = get_telemetry(pkt);
-    if (http2_tel == NULL) {
-        return;
-    }
-
     incomplete_frame_t *incomplete_frame = bpf_map_lookup_elem(&http2_incomplete_frames, tup);
     bool has_valid_first_frame = pktbuf_get_first_frame(pkt, incomplete_frame, &current_frame);
     // If we have a state and we consumed it, then delete it.