diff --git a/providers/src/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/operators/athena.py b/providers/src/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/operators/athena.py
index d48ac751d4239..c602611803ed5 100644
--- a/providers/src/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/operators/athena.py
+++ b/providers/src/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/operators/athena.py
@@ -311,7 +311,9 @@ def get_openlineage_dataset(self, database, table) -> Dataset | None:
             }
             fields = [
                 SchemaDatasetFacetFields(
-                    name=column["Name"], type=column["Type"], description=column["Comment"]
+                    name=column["Name"],
+                    type=column["Type"],
+                    description=column.get("Comment"),
                 )
                 for column in table_metadata["TableMetadata"]["Columns"]
             ]
diff --git a/providers/tests/amazon/aws/operators/athena_metadata.json b/providers/tests/amazon/aws/operators/athena_metadata.json
index f13b1241742ab..121a51920c9f0 100644
--- a/providers/tests/amazon/aws/operators/athena_metadata.json
+++ b/providers/tests/amazon/aws/operators/athena_metadata.json
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@
           },
           {
             "Name": "ENDS_ON",
-            "Type": "timestamp",
-            "Comment": "from deserializer"
+            "Type": "timestamp"
           }
         ],
         "PartitionKeys": [],
diff --git a/providers/tests/amazon/aws/operators/test_athena.py b/providers/tests/amazon/aws/operators/test_athena.py
index e4d7d6622a091..5ee557caea906 100644
--- a/providers/tests/amazon/aws/operators/test_athena.py
+++ b/providers/tests/amazon/aws/operators/test_athena.py
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ def mock_get_table_metadata(CatalogName, DatabaseName, TableName):
                                 SchemaDatasetFacetFields(
                                     name="ENDS_ON",
                                     type="timestamp",
-                                    description="from deserializer",
+                                    description=None,
                                 ),
                             ],
                         ),