diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/AudioStream.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/AudioStream.java
index a464926c9..807ae666e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/AudioStream.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/AudioStream.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public class AudioStream {
 
     // revelas wether two streams are equal
     public boolean equals(AudioStream cmp) {
-        return equalStats(cmp)
+        return cmp != null && equalStats(cmp)
                 && url == cmp.url;
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/VideoStream.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/VideoStream.java
index 8f49b193d..b1642f2c6 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/VideoStream.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/VideoStream.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public class VideoStream {
 
     // revelas wether two streams are equal
     public boolean equals(VideoStream cmp) {
-        return equalStats(cmp)
+        return cmp != null && equalStats(cmp)
                 && url == cmp.url;
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeStreamExtractor.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeStreamExtractor.java
index 260fc42d4..1419e35ce 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeStreamExtractor.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeStreamExtractor.java
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ public class YoutubeStreamExtractor extends StreamExtractor {
     public String getAverageRating() throws ParsingException {
         try {
             if (playerArgs == null) {
-                videoInfoPage.get("avg_rating");
+                return videoInfoPage.get("avg_rating");
             }
             return playerArgs.getString("avg_rating");
         } catch (JSONException e) {