diff --git a/vm-virtio/src/vsock/packet.rs b/vm-virtio/src/vsock/packet.rs
index 168f382bf..fa5e9f8ae 100644
--- a/vm-virtio/src/vsock/packet.rs
+++ b/vm-virtio/src/vsock/packet.rs
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ impl VsockPacket {
         };
 
         // No point looking for a data/buffer descriptor, if the packet is zero-lengthed.
-        if pkt.len() == 0 {
+        if pkt.is_empty() {
             return Ok(pkt);
         }
 
@@ -278,6 +278,10 @@ impl VsockPacket {
         LittleEndian::read_u32(&self.hdr()[HDROFF_LEN..])
     }
 
+    pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
+        self.len() == 0
+    }
+
     pub fn set_len(&mut self, len: u32) -> &mut Self {
         LittleEndian::write_u32(&mut self.hdr_mut()[HDROFF_LEN..], len);
         self