diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py
index a870eb881..780308339 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py
@@ -582,6 +582,7 @@ class FacebookTahoeData:
                 data=req_data,
                 headers=headers
             )
+            self._data[data_type] = data
         return '' if not data else data
 
     @property