diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
index bc89a14ff..4d3bce879 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -718,8 +718,8 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                             s = url_data['s'][0]
                             if age_gate:
                                 player_version = self._search_regex(r'ad3-(.+?)\.swf',
-                                    video_info['ad3_module'][0], 'flash player',
-                                    fatal=False)
+                                    video_info['ad3_module'][0] if 'ad3_module' in video_info else 'NOT FOUND',
+                                    'flash player', fatal=False)
                                 player = 'flash player %s' % player_version
                             else:
                                 player = u'html5 player %s' % self._search_regex(r'html5player-(.+?)\.js', video_webpage,