diff --git a/wp-links-opml.php b/wp-links-opml.php
index dd1aaf932f..1f93a2d7b9 100644
--- a/wp-links-opml.php
+++ b/wp-links-opml.php
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ FROM $wpdb->links
              $prev_cat_id = $result->link_category;
         } // end if new category
 ?>
-            <outline title="<?php echo wp_specialchars($result->link_name); ?>" type="link" xmlUrl="<?php echo $result->link_rss; ?>" htmlUrl="<?php echo($result->link_url) ?>"/>
+            <outline title="<?php echo wp_specialchars($result->link_name); ?>" type="link" xmlUrl="<?php echo $result->link_rss; ?>" htmlUrl="<?php echo(wp_specialchars($result->link_url)) ?>"/>
 <?php
         } // end foreach
     } // end if