diff --git a/.ci/pitest-suppressions/pitest-whitespace-suppressions.xml b/.ci/pitest-suppressions/pitest-whitespace-suppressions.xml
index 31965f6faef..1101a9bcdc4 100644
--- a/.ci/pitest-suppressions/pitest-whitespace-suppressions.xml
+++ b/.ci/pitest-suppressions/pitest-whitespace-suppressions.xml
@@ -81,15 +81,6 @@
processLeft(ast.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.LPAREN));
-
- ParenPadCheck.java
- com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.whitespace.ParenPadCheck
- visitToken
- org.pitest.mutationtest.engine.gregor.mutators.experimental.RemoveSwitchMutator_3
- RemoveSwitch 3 mutation
- switch (ast.getType()) {
-
-
ParenPadCheck.java
com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.whitespace.ParenPadCheck
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/whitespace/ParenPadCheck.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/whitespace/ParenPadCheck.java
index 7d7f6af6ebd..7485f031446 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/whitespace/ParenPadCheck.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/whitespace/ParenPadCheck.java
@@ -254,7 +254,6 @@ public void visitToken(DetailAST ast) {
break;
case TokenTypes.DOT:
case TokenTypes.EXPR:
- case TokenTypes.QUESTION:
processExpression(ast);
break;
case TokenTypes.LITERAL_FOR:
@@ -270,6 +269,7 @@ public void visitToken(DetailAST ast) {
case TokenTypes.RESOURCE_SPECIFICATION:
visitResourceSpecification(ast);
break;
+ case TokenTypes.QUESTION:
default:
processLeft(ast.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.LPAREN));
processRight(ast.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.RPAREN));