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 c80a8d77457..47a9316b46d 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
@@ -413,10 +413,7 @@ public class GoClientCodegen extends AbstractGoCodegen {
         if (ModelUtils.isStringSchema(p) || isAllOfStringSchema(p)) {
             Object defaultObj = p.getDefault();
             if (defaultObj != null) {
-                if (defaultObj instanceof java.lang.String) {
-                    return "\"" + escapeText((String) defaultObj) + "\"";
-                }
-                return "\"" + escapeText(defaultObj.toString()) + "\"";
+                return "\"" + escapeText(String.valueOf(defaultObj)) + "\"";
             }
             return null;
         }