FORM OF EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT

Exhibit H(35)

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This EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is between MML Investment Advisers, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Manager”), and MML Series Investment Fund, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”), effective as of the 1^st day of May, 2020.

WHEREAS, the Trust is an open-end management investment company registered as such with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;

WHEREAS, MML International Equity Fund, MML Foreign Fund, MML Fundamental Value Fund, and MML Small Cap Growth Equity Fund (each a “Fund” and together, the “Funds”) are each a series of the Trust;

WHEREAS, the Manager is an investment adviser registered with the SEC as such under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended; and

WHEREAS, the Trust has appointed the Manager as its investment manager for the Funds and the Manager has agreed to act in such capacity upon the terms set forth in the relevant Investment Management Agreements;

NOW THEREFORE, the Trust and the Manager hereby agree as follows and this agreement can only be terminated by mutual consent of the Board of Trustees of the Trust on behalf of a Fund and the Manager:

1. Expense Limitation

The Manager agrees to

(i)

cap the fees and expenses of the MML International Equity Fund (other than extraordinary litigation and legal expenses, Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, interest expense, short sale dividend and loan expense, or other non-recurring or unusual expenses such as organizational expenses and shareholder meeting expenses, as applicable) through April 30, 2021, to the extent that Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Expense Reimbursement would otherwise exceed 1.00% and 1.25% for Class II and Service Class I shares, respectively;

(ii)

waive 0.04% of the management fees of the MML Foreign Fund through April 30, 2021;

(iii)

waive 0.02% of the management fees of the MML Fundamental Value Fund through April 30, 2021; and

(iv)

waive 0.02% of the management fees of the MML Small Cap Growth Equity Fund through April 30, 2021.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust and the Manager have caused this Agreement to be executed on the 30^th day of April, 2020.

	MML INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC

	By:
		Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Vice President

	MML SERIES INVESTMENT FUND on behalf of each Fund

	By:
		Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, CFO and Treasurer

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