diff --git a/connector/connector-generic-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/connector/jdbc/GenericJdbcImportPartitioner.java b/connector/connector-generic-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/connector/jdbc/GenericJdbcImportPartitioner.java
index 44018008..7792c574 100644
--- a/connector/connector-generic-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/connector/jdbc/GenericJdbcImportPartitioner.java
+++ b/connector/connector-generic-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/connector/jdbc/GenericJdbcImportPartitioner.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public List<Partition> getPartitions(PartitionerContext context,ConnectionConfig
     if (partitionMinValue == null && partitionMaxValue == null) {
       List<Partition> partitions = new LinkedList<Partition>();
       GenericJdbcImportPartition partition = new GenericJdbcImportPartition();
-      partition.setConditions(partitionColumnName + "IS NULL");
+      partition.setConditions(partitionColumnName + " IS NULL");
       partitions.add(partition);
       return partitions;
     }