diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/instagram.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/instagram.py
index b10755788..b92367a9d 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/instagram.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/instagram.py
@@ -100,7 +100,9 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
                 thumbnails_el = it.get('images', {})
                 thumbnail = thumbnails_el.get('thumbnail', {}).get('url')
 
-                title = it.get('caption', {}).get('text', it['id'])
+                # In some cases caption is null, which corresponds to None
+                # in python. As a result, it.get('caption', {}) gives None
+                title = (it.get('caption') or {}).get('text', it['id'])
 
                 entries.append({
                     'id': it['id'],