diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/utils/ModelUtils.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/utils/ModelUtils.java
index e1f9a9325888..40e91686a7dc 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/utils/ModelUtils.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/utils/ModelUtils.java
@@ -2358,7 +2358,8 @@ public static boolean isMetadataOnlySchema(Schema schema) {
                 schema.getContains() != null ||
                 schema.get$dynamicAnchor() != null ||
                 schema.get$anchor() != null ||
-                schema.getContentSchema() != null;
+                schema.getContentSchema() != null ||
+                schema.getDefault() != null;
     }