diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/JavaSpringMVC/model.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/JavaSpringMVC/model.mustache
index d1a5e396e136..b39a599ae714 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/JavaSpringMVC/model.mustache
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/JavaSpringMVC/model.mustache
@@ -20,8 +20,12 @@ public class {{classname}} {{#parent}}extends {{{parent}}}{{/parent}} {
   public enum {{datatypeWithEnum}} {
     {{#allowableValues}}{{#values}} {{.}}, {{/values}}{{/allowableValues}}
   };
-  private {{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{name}} = {{{defaultValue}}};{{/isEnum}}{{^isEnum}}
-  private {{{datatype}}} {{name}} = {{{defaultValue}}};{{/isEnum}}{{/vars}}
+  {{/isEnum}}{{#items}}{{#isEnum}}
+  public enum {{datatypeWithEnum}} {
+    {{#allowableValues}}{{#values}} {{.}}, {{/values}}{{/allowableValues}}
+  };
+  {{/isEnum}}{{/items}}
+  private {{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{name}} = {{{defaultValue}}};{{/vars}}
 
   {{#vars}}
   /**{{#description}}