unable to delete VM due to XML error

When trying to delete a VM I get an XML error, looks like there is a leading space in front of the mac address. As a result, I am unable to delete the VM. Error message output below.

libvertError

XML error: unable to parse mac address ' 00:a0:98:60:6a:fd'

Error: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/middlewared/main.py", line 137, in call_method
result = await self.middleware._call(message['method'], serviceobj, methodobj, params, app=self,
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/middlewared/main.py", line 1191, in _call
return await methodobj(*prepared_call.args)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/middlewared/service.py", line 471, in delete
rv = await self.middleware._call(
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/middlewared/main.py", line 1191, in _call
return await methodobj(*prepared_call.args)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/middlewared/schema.py", line 973, in nf
return await f(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/middlewared/plugins/vm.py", line 1472, in do_delete
await self.middleware.call('vm.undefine_vm', vm)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/middlewared/main.py", line 1233, in call
return await self._call(
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/middlewared/main.py", line 1202, in _call
return await self.run_in_executor(prepared_call.executor, methodobj, *prepared_call.args)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/middlewared/main.py", line 1106, in run_in_executor
return await loop.run_in_executor(pool, functools.partial(method, *args, **kwargs))
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/middlewared/utils/io_thread_pool_executor.py", line 25, in run
result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/middlewared/plugins/vm.py", line 1489, in undefine_vm
VMSupervisor(vm, self.libvirt_connection, self.middleware).undefine_domain()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/middlewared/plugins/vm.py", line 99, in _init_
self.update_domain()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/middlewared/plugins/vm.py", line 118, in update_domain
self.__define_domain()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/middlewared/plugins/vm.py", line 133, in __define_domain
if not self.connection.defineXML(vm_xml):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 4048, in defineXML
if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainDefineXML() failed', conn=self)
libvirt.libvirtError: XML error: unable to parse mac address ' 00:a0:98:60:6a:fd'