diff --git a/beetsplug/metasync/amarok.py b/beetsplug/metasync/amarok.py
index aaa1ee91e4..0622fc17a7 100644
--- a/beetsplug/metasync/amarok.py
+++ b/beetsplug/metasync/amarok.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 from os.path import basename
 from datetime import datetime
 from time import mktime
-from xml.sax.saxutils import escape
+from xml.sax.saxutils import quoteattr
 
 from beets.util import displayable_path
 from beets.dbcore import types
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class Amarok(MetaSource):
 
     queryXML = u'<query version="1.0"> \
                     <filters> \
-                        <and><include field="filename" value="%s" /></and> \
+                        <and><include field="filename" value=%s /></and> \
                     </filters> \
                 </query>'
 
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ def sync_from_source(self, item):
         # for the patch relative to the mount point. But the full path is part
         # of the result set. So query for the filename and then try to match
         # the correct item from the results we get back
-        results = self.collection.Query(self.queryXML % escape(basename(path)))
+        results = self.collection.Query(
+            self.queryXML % quoteattr(basename(path))
+        )
         for result in results:
             if result['xesam:url'] != path:
                 continue