diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
index 6e63247792..a3de0ba60a 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
@@ -291,6 +291,8 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
         except compat_xml_parse_error:
             pass
 
+        webpage = compat_urllib_parse.unquote(webpage)
+
         # it's tempting to parse this further, but you would
         # have to take into account all the variations like
         #   Video Title - Site Name