diff --git a/app-benchmarks/filebench/metadata.xml b/app-benchmarks/filebench/metadata.xml
index 7d279a80345c7..5d5529c3de771 100644
--- a/app-benchmarks/filebench/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-benchmarks/filebench/metadata.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
 	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>gokturk@binghamton.edu></email>
+		<email>gokturk@binghamton.edu</email>
 		<name>Göktürk Yüksek</name>
 		<description>please assign bugs to</description>
 	</maintainer>