diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py
index 0d43acc4ac..cdb093262a 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py
@@ -231,11 +231,13 @@ def _extract_from_url(self, url, video_id, fatal_if_no_video=True):
                     continue
                 if isinstance(f, dict):
                     f = [f]
-                if isinstance(f, list):
+                if not isinstance(f, list):
                     continue
                 if f[0].get('video_id') == video_id:
                     video_data = video_data_candidate
                     break
+            if video_data:
+                break
 
         def video_data_list2dict(video_data):
             ret = {}