diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
index 67eceb5c408..cb364ce30fc 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -1677,9 +1677,10 @@ def extract_unavailable_message():
                 unavailable_message = 'Unable to extract video data'
             raise ExtractorError(
                 'YouTube said: %s' % unavailable_message, expected=True, video_id=video_id)
-
         if 'token' not in video_info:
-            if 'reason' in video_info:
+            if 'account_playback_token' in video_info:
+                video_info['token'] = video_info['account_playback_token']
+            elif 'reason' in video_info:
                 if 'The uploader has not made this video available in your country.' in video_info['reason']:
                     regions_allowed = self._html_search_meta(
                         'regionsAllowed', video_webpage, default=None)