diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/arte.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/arte.py
index 219631b9b0..f025393272 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/arte.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/arte.py
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def _extract_from_json_url(self, json_url, video_id, lang):
                 'width': int_or_none(f.get('width')),
                 'height': int_or_none(f.get('height')),
                 'tbr': int_or_none(f.get('bitrate')),
-                'quality': qfunc(f['quality']),
+                'quality': qfunc(f.get('quality')),
                 'source_preference': source_pref,
             }