diff --git a/youtube_dlc/extractor/mtv.py b/youtube_dlc/extractor/mtv.py
index feb4423779..04cc95b6a4 100644
--- a/youtube_dlc/extractor/mtv.py
+++ b/youtube_dlc/extractor/mtv.py
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ class MTVServicesInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
 
         return mgid
 
-    def _extract_mgid(self, webpage, url, data_zone=None):
+    def _extract_mgid(self, webpage, url, title=None, data_zone=None):
         try:
             # the url can be http://media.mtvnservices.com/fb/{mgid}.swf
             # or http://media.mtvnservices.com/{mgid}
@@ -300,8 +300,8 @@ class MTVServicesInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
         except RegexNotFoundError:
             mgid = None
 
-        # TODO: ideally use self._match_id(url)
-        title = url_basename(url)
+        if not title:
+            title = url_basename(url)
 
         try:
             window_data = self._parse_json(self._search_regex(
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ class MTVServicesInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         title = url_basename(url)
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, title)
-        mgid = self._extract_mgid(webpage, url)
+        mgid = self._extract_mgid(webpage, url, title=title)
         videos_info = self._get_videos_info(mgid, url=url)
         return videos_info