diff --git a/querydsl-tooling/querydsl-codegen-utils/src/main/java/com/querydsl/codegen/utils/model/TypeExtends.java b/querydsl-tooling/querydsl-codegen-utils/src/main/java/com/querydsl/codegen/utils/model/TypeExtends.java
index e70d9a3d63..bf5549c6a5 100644
--- a/querydsl-tooling/querydsl-codegen-utils/src/main/java/com/querydsl/codegen/utils/model/TypeExtends.java
+++ b/querydsl-tooling/querydsl-codegen-utils/src/main/java/com/querydsl/codegen/utils/model/TypeExtends.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public class TypeExtends extends TypeAdapter {
 
   public TypeExtends(String varName, Type type) {
     super(type);
-    this.varName = varName;
+    this.varName = varName.strip();
   }
 
   public TypeExtends(Type type) {