diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/ehow.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/ehow.py
index 9cb1bf301..ba9685991 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/ehow.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/ehow.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from ..compat import (
-    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_parse_unquote,
 )
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class EHowIE(InfoExtractor):
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
         video_url = self._search_regex(
             r'(?:file|source)=(http[^\'"&]*)', webpage, 'video URL')
-        final_url = compat_urllib_parse.unquote(video_url)
+        final_url = compat_urllib_parse_unquote(video_url)
         uploader = self._html_search_meta('uploader', webpage)
         title = self._og_search_title(webpage).replace(' | eHow', '')