diff --git a/gramps2/src/GrampsDb/_WriteXML.py b/gramps2/src/GrampsDb/_WriteXML.py
index 2a782771a..882238929 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/GrampsDb/_WriteXML.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/GrampsDb/_WriteXML.py
@@ -78,8 +78,7 @@ strip_dict = dict.fromkeys(range(9)+range(12,20))
 
 
 def escxml(d):
-    return esacpe(d, { '"' : '"' } )
-
+    return escape(d, { '"' : '"' } )
 
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