diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index 34e27a35ad..981e34bc7c 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
                 format_id = []
                 if m3u8_id:
                     format_id.append(m3u8_id)
-                last_media_name = last_media.get('NAME') if last_media else None
+                last_media_name = last_media.get('NAME') if last_media and last_media.get('TYPE') != 'SUBTITLES' else None
                 format_id.append(last_media_name if last_media_name else '%d' % (tbr if tbr else len(formats)))
                 f = {
                     'format_id': '-'.join(format_id),