diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
index 669b6bd006..d88d5e6f94 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ from ..utils import (
     unified_strdate,
     unified_timestamp,
     update_Request,
+    update_url_query,
     url_basename,
     url_or_none,
     urljoin,
@@ -724,9 +725,11 @@ class InfoExtractor:
             return err.code in variadic(expected_status)
 
     def _create_request(self, url_or_request, data=None, headers={}, query={}):
-        if not isinstance(url_or_request, compat_urllib_request.Request):
-            url_or_request = sanitized_Request(url_or_request)
-        return update_Request(url_or_request, data=data, headers=headers, query=query)
+        if isinstance(url_or_request, compat_urllib_request.Request):
+            return update_Request(url_or_request, data=data, headers=headers, query=query)
+        if query:
+            url_or_request = update_url_query(url_or_request, query)
+        return sanitized_Request(url_or_request, data, headers)
 
     def _request_webpage(self, url_or_request, video_id, note=None, errnote=None, fatal=True, data=None, headers={}, query={}, expected_status=None):
         """