diff --git a/libs/libnamemanager/src/io/write_xml_module_name_map.cpp b/libs/libnamemanager/src/io/write_xml_module_name_map.cpp
index 74bdfa9e8e..8ccd81c5c6 100644
--- a/libs/libnamemanager/src/io/write_xml_module_name_map.cpp
+++ b/libs/libnamemanager/src/io/write_xml_module_name_map.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static int write_xml_module_name_binding(std::fstream& fp,
     return 1;
   }
   write_xml_attribute(fp, XML_MODULE_NAME_ATTRIBUTE_GIVEN, given_name.c_str());
-  fp << ">"
+  fp << "/>"
      << "\n";
 
   return 0;