diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/peertube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/peertube.py
index d1183cee6..19328729d 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/peertube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/peertube.py
@@ -505,11 +505,11 @@ class PeerTubeIE(InfoExtractor):
         video = self._download_json(
             'https://%s/api/v1/videos/%s' % (host, video_id), video_id)
 
+        title = video['name']
+
         video_description = self._download_json(
             'https://%s/api/v1/videos/%s/description' % (host, video_id), video_id, fatal=False)
 
-        title = video['name']
-
         formats = []
         for file_ in video['files']:
             if not isinstance(file_, dict):