diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
index 87a5a452e..54592d174 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -1662,7 +1662,7 @@ def download_page(pagenum):
                     '_type': 'url',
                     'url': video_id,
                     'ie_key': 'Youtube',
-                    'id': 'video_id',
+                    'id': video_id,
                     'title': title,
                 }
         url_results = PagedList(download_page, self._GDATA_PAGE_SIZE)