diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/pornhub.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/pornhub.py
index e032817f2..f6777cd26 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/pornhub.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/pornhub.py
@@ -227,20 +227,6 @@ class PornHubIE(InfoExtractor):
 
 class PornHubPlaylistBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
     def _extract_entries(self, webpage):
-        return [
-            self.url_result(
-                'http://www.pornhub.com/%s' % video_url,
-                PornHubIE.ie_key(), video_title=title)
-            for video_url, title in orderedSet(re.findall(
-                r'href="/?(view_video\.php\?.*\bviewkey=[\da-z]+[^"]*)"[^>]*\s+title="([^"]+)"',
-                webpage))
-        ]
-
-    def _real_extract(self, url):
-        playlist_id = self._match_id(url)
-
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, playlist_id)
-
         # Only process container div with main playlist content skipping
         # drop-down menu that uses similar pattern for videos (see
         # https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/11594).
@@ -248,7 +234,21 @@ class PornHubPlaylistBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
             r'(?s)(<div[^>]+class=["\']container.+)', webpage,
             'container', default=webpage)
 
-        entries = self._extract_entries(container)
+        return [
+            self.url_result(
+                'http://www.pornhub.com/%s' % video_url,
+                PornHubIE.ie_key(), video_title=title)
+            for video_url, title in orderedSet(re.findall(
+                r'href="/?(view_video\.php\?.*\bviewkey=[\da-z]+[^"]*)"[^>]*\s+title="([^"]+)"',
+                container))
+        ]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        playlist_id = self._match_id(url)
+
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, playlist_id)
+
+        entries = self._extract_entries(webpage)
 
         playlist = self._parse_json(
             self._search_regex(