diff --git a/library/packaging/portinstall b/library/packaging/portinstall
index 057eee6fa74..88e654b8db4 100644
--- a/library/packaging/portinstall
+++ b/library/packaging/portinstall
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def query_package(module, name):
     if pkg_info_path:
         pkgng = False
         pkg_glob_path = module.get_bin_path('pkg_glob', True)
-        rc, out, err = module.run_command("%s -e `pkg_glob %s`" % (pkg_info_path, pipes.quote(name), use_unsafe_shell=True)
+        rc, out, err = module.run_command("%s -e `pkg_glob %s`" % (pkg_info_path, pipes.quote(name)), use_unsafe_shell=True)
     else:
         pkgng = True
         pkg_info_path = module.get_bin_path('pkg', True)