diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java
index 8ab0bd9a55..f2fc482d55 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java
@@ -11080,7 +11080,7 @@ public class JavaGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
     private String varargSplice() {
         switch (language) {
             case SCALA:
-                return "_ :*";
+                return ":_*";
             case SCALA_3:
             default:
                 return "*";