diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index e0ccba533..fb2d50a09 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -322,7 +322,9 @@ def _og_search_property(self, prop, html, name=None, **kargs):
         if name is None:
             name = 'OpenGraph %s' % prop
         escaped = self._search_regex(self._og_regex(prop), html, name, flags=re.DOTALL, **kargs)
-        return unescapeHTML(escaped)
+        if not escaped is None:
+            return unescapeHTML(escaped)
+        return None
 
     def _og_search_thumbnail(self, html, **kargs):
         return self._og_search_property('image', html, u'thumbnail url', fatal=False, **kargs)