diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/cparser/CPP/DefineTable.java b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/cparser/CPP/DefineTable.java
index 3ddf1be9c74..086a7b1e31a 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/cparser/CPP/DefineTable.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/cparser/CPP/DefineTable.java
@@ -882,9 +882,9 @@ private static String stripCast(String strValue) {
 			int endParen = strValue.indexOf(')', pos + 1);
 			if (endParen != -1) {
 				String subStr = strValue.substring(pos + 1, endParen);
+				subStr = subStr.trim();
 				if (subStr.length() > 0) {
 					int subPos = 0;
-					subStr = subStr.trim();
 					boolean isValid = Character.isJavaIdentifierStart(subStr.charAt(0));
 					while (isValid && subPos < subStr.length()) {
 						char ch = subStr.charAt(subPos++);