diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/kotlin-client/data_class.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/kotlin-client/data_class.mustache
index 9290173fd6b1..b6d2b11522f9 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/kotlin-client/data_class.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/kotlin-client/data_class.mustache
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ import {{packageName}}.infrastructure.ITransformForStorage
 @Deprecated(message = "This schema is deprecated.")
 {{/isDeprecated}}
 {{>additionalModelTypeAnnotations}}
-{{#nonPublicApi}}internal {{/nonPublicApi}}{{#discriminator}}interface{{/discriminator}}{{^discriminator}}data class{{/discriminator}} {{classname}}{{^discriminator}} (
+{{#nonPublicApi}}internal {{/nonPublicApi}}{{#discriminator}}interface{{/discriminator}}{{^discriminator}}{{#hasVars}}data {{/hasVars}}class{{/discriminator}} {{classname}}{{^discriminator}} (
 
 {{#allVars}}
 {{#required}}{{>data_class_req_var}}{{/required}}{{^required}}{{>data_class_opt_var}}{{/required}}{{^-last}},{{/-last}}