diff --git a/app-benchmarks/phoronix-test-suite/phoronix-test-suite-9999.ebuild b/app-benchmarks/phoronix-test-suite/phoronix-test-suite-9999.ebuild
index 254dfad84f..a30654b5f8 100644
--- a/app-benchmarks/phoronix-test-suite/phoronix-test-suite-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-benchmarks/phoronix-test-suite/phoronix-test-suite-9999.ebuild
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ get_optional_dependencies()
local package_close_regexp="" \
package_generic_name_regexp="^.*|.*$" \
package_names_regexp="^.*|.*$"
- reg="s@(^[[:blank:]]+|[[:blank:]]+$)$@@g"
+ reg='s@(^[[:blank:]]+|[[:blank:]]+$)$@@g'
line=0
while IFS=$'\n' read -r optional_packages_xmlline; do