diff --git a/media-libs/freetype/freetype-2.6.1.ebuild b/media-libs/freetype/freetype-2.6.1.ebuild
index 7635cb446e151..d971b51c5f3c3 100644
--- a/media-libs/freetype/freetype-2.6.1.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/freetype/freetype-2.6.1.ebuild
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-2.3.2-enable-valid.patch
 
 	if use infinality; then
-		epatch ${WORKDIR}/${INFINALITY_PATCH}
+		epatch "${WORKDIR}/${INFINALITY_PATCH}"
 
 		# FT_CONFIG_OPTION_SUBPIXEL_RENDERING is already enabled in freetype-2.4.11
 		enable_option TT_CONFIG_OPTION_SUBPIXEL_HINTING