diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/GoClientCodegen.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/GoClientCodegen.java
index f3420dd7dbf5..87951dc6e78c 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/GoClientCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/GoClientCodegen.java
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ public class GoClientCodegen extends AbstractGoCodegen {
             if (modelMaps.get(subModel) == null) {
                 oneOf = "new(" + subModel + ")";// a primitive type
             } else {
-                oneOf = constructExampleCode(modelMaps.get(subModel), modelMaps, processedModelMap, depth + 1).substring(1);
+                oneOf = StringUtils.removeStart(constructExampleCode(modelMaps.get(subModel), modelMaps, processedModelMap, depth + 1), "*");
             }
             return goImportAlias + "." + model + "{" + typeToName(subModel) + ": " + oneOf + "}";
         } else {