diff --git a/crates/oxc_codegen/src/gen.rs b/crates/oxc_codegen/src/gen.rs
index 0559aaec1c8b4..26d2a278de324 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_codegen/src/gen.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_codegen/src/gen.rs
@@ -3488,6 +3488,11 @@ impl<'a, const MINIFY: bool> GenExpr<MINIFY> for TSTypeAssertion<'a> {
     fn gen_expr(&self, p: &mut Codegen<{ MINIFY }>, precedence: Precedence, ctx: Context) {
         p.wrap(precedence > self.precedence(), |p| {
             p.print_str(b"<");
+            // var r = < <T>(x: T) => T > ((x) => { return null; });
+            //          ^ make sure space is printed here.
+            if matches!(self.type_annotation, TSType::TSFunctionType(_)) {
+                p.print_hard_space();
+            }
             self.type_annotation.gen(p, ctx);
             p.print_str(b">");
             self.expression.gen_expr(p, Precedence::Grouping, ctx);
diff --git a/tasks/coverage/codegen_typescript.snap b/tasks/coverage/codegen_typescript.snap
index 961ed773afea9..40c83a4c391d1 100644
--- a/tasks/coverage/codegen_typescript.snap
+++ b/tasks/coverage/codegen_typescript.snap
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ commit: d8086f14
 
 codegen_typescript Summary:
 AST Parsed     : 5283/5283 (100.00%)
-Positive Passed: 5279/5283 (99.92%)
-Normal failed: "compiler/genericTypeAssertions3.ts"
+Positive Passed: 5280/5283 (99.94%)
 Normal failed: "compiler/jsxMultilineAttributeStringValues.tsx"
 Normal failed: "compiler/jsxMultilineAttributeValuesReact.tsx"
 Normal failed: "conformance/jsx/tsxReactEmitEntities.tsx"