diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
index 1ae55dc5a2..2861332826 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
             # HTML5 video
             found = re.findall(r'(?s)<video[^<]*(?:>.*?<source.*?)? src="([^"]+)"', webpage)
         if not found:
-            found = re.findall(
+            found = re.search(
                 r'(?i)<meta\s+(?=(?:[a-z-]+="[^"]+"\s+)*http-equiv="refresh")'
                 r'(?:[a-z-]+="[^"]+"\s+)*?content="[0-9]{,2};url=\'([^\']+)\'"',
                 webpage)