diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/spankwire.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/spankwire.py
index 609f78294b..9e8fb35b2e 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/spankwire.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/spankwire.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
             r'by:\s*<a [^>]*>(.+?)</a>',
             webpage, 'uploader', fatal=False)
         uploader_id = self._html_search_regex(
-            r'by:\s*<a href="/user/viewProfile\?.*?UserId=(\d+).*?"',
+            r'by:\s*<a href="/(?:user/viewProfile|Profile\.aspx)\?.*?UserId=(\d+).*?"',
             webpage, 'uploader id', fatal=False)
         upload_date = unified_strdate(self._html_search_regex(
             r'</a> on (.+?) at \d+:\d+',