diff --git a/src/utils/specs.py b/src/utils/specs.py
index 81726c0e0f..a71b1c65d5 100644
--- a/src/utils/specs.py
+++ b/src/utils/specs.py
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ def get_machine_specs(devicenum):
     device = rf"^\s*{devicenum}(.*)"
 
     hostname = socket.gethostname()
-    sbios = str(
+    sbios = (
         path("/sys/class/dmi/id/bios_vendor").read_text().strip()
         + path("/sys/class/dmi/id/bios_version").read_text().strip()
     )
diff --git a/src/utils/utils.py b/src/utils/utils.py
index 4399d9e208..f08d728399 100644
--- a/src/utils/utils.py
+++ b/src/utils/utils.py
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ def gen_sysinfo(workload_name, workload_dir, ip_blocks, app_cmd, skip_roof, roof
     param += [
         mspec.hostname,
         mspec.CPU,
-        mspec.sbios,
+        '"' + mspec.sbios + '"',
         mspec.distro,
         mspec.kernel_version,
         mspec.rocm_version,