diff --git a/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors/__init__.py
index 0657d42f2..d84e37e8a 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors/__init__.py
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ def gen_extractors():
 
 def get_info_extractor(IE_name):
     """Returns the info extractor class with the given ie_name"""
-    return IE_dict[IE_name]
+    return IE_dict[IE_name + 'IE']