diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index 2dbf81e6e..8452125c8 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ from ..utils import (
     update_url_query,
     urljoin,
     url_basename,
+    url_or_none,
     xpath_element,
     xpath_text,
     xpath_with_ns,
@@ -1213,10 +1214,10 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
         def extract_video_object(e):
             assert e['@type'] == 'VideoObject'
             info.update({
-                'url': e.get('contentUrl'),
+                'url': url_or_none(e.get('contentUrl')),
                 'title': unescapeHTML(e.get('name')),
                 'description': unescapeHTML(e.get('description')),
-                'thumbnail': e.get('thumbnailUrl') or e.get('thumbnailURL'),
+                'thumbnail': url_or_none(e.get('thumbnailUrl') or e.get('thumbnailURL')),
                 'duration': parse_duration(e.get('duration')),
                 'timestamp': unified_timestamp(e.get('uploadDate')),
                 'filesize': float_or_none(e.get('contentSize')),