diff --git a/youtube-dl b/youtube-dl
index 323897a9c3..4ddf622749 100755
--- a/youtube-dl
+++ b/youtube-dl
@@ -493,12 +493,8 @@ class YoutubeIE(InfoExtractor):
 				self.to_stderr(u'WARNING: parsing .netrc: %s' % str(err))
 				return
 
-		# No authentication to be performed
-		if username is None:
-			return
-
 		# Set language
-		request = urllib2.Request(self._LOGIN_URL, None, std_headers)
+		request = urllib2.Request(self._LANG_URL, None, std_headers)
 		try:
 			self.report_lang()
 			urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
@@ -506,6 +502,10 @@ class YoutubeIE(InfoExtractor):
 			self.to_stderr(u'WARNING: unable to set language: %s' % str(err))
 			return
 
+		# No authentication to be performed
+		if username is None:
+			return
+
 		# Log in
 		login_form = {
 				'current_form': 'loginForm',