diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/mtv.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/mtv.py
index 4e4358151..a597714e9 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/mtv.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/mtv.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ def _get_video_info(self, itemdoc):
         if title_el is None:
             title_el = itemdoc.find('.//{http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/}title')
         if title_el is None:
-            title_el = itemdoc.find('.//title')
+            title_el = itemdoc.find('.//title') or itemdoc.find('./title')
             if title_el.text is None:
                 title_el = None