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 91f1b99966..eefac91bcc 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java
@@ -7641,7 +7641,7 @@ public class JavaGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
 
                 case JAVA:
                 default:
-                    return (generic ? "" : "(" + out.ref(Class.class) + ") ") + out.ref(rawtype) + ".class";
+                    return (generic ? "(" + out.ref(Class.class) + ") " : "") + out.ref(rawtype) + ".class";
             }
         }