diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
index 4a0ff6e9c..3c04f4bd3 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -1631,9 +1631,14 @@ class YoutubePlaylistIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor, YoutubePlaylistBaseInfoExtract
             else:
                 self.report_warning('Youtube gives an alert message: ' + match)
 
-        playlist_title = self._html_search_regex(
-            r'(?s)<h1 class="pl-header-title[^"]*"[^>]*>\s*(.*?)\s*</h1>',
-            page, 'title')
+        playlist_title = str(playlist_id)
+
+        try:
+            playlist_title = self._html_search_regex(
+                r'(?s)<h1 class="pl-header-title[^"]*"[^>]*>\s*(.*?)\s*</h1>',
+                page, 'title')
+        except:
+            self.report_warning('Cannot extract playlist title, using playlist id instead')
 
         return self.playlist_result(self._entries(page, playlist_id), playlist_id, playlist_title)