diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
index 5f1957a59f..963c73a2d9 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -2224,6 +2224,10 @@ def _extract_count(count_name):
                 r'<[^>]+class=["\']watch-view-count[^>]+>\s*([\d,\s]+)', video_webpage,
                 'view count', default=None))
 
+        average_rating = (
+            float_or_none(video_details.get('averageRating'))
+            or try_get(video_info, lambda x: float_or_none(x['avg_rating'][0])))
+
         # subtitles
         video_subtitles = self.extract_subtitles(video_id, video_webpage)
         automatic_captions = self.extract_automatic_captions(video_id, video_webpage)
@@ -2353,7 +2357,7 @@ def decrypt_sig(mobj):
             'view_count': view_count,
             'like_count': like_count,
             'dislike_count': dislike_count,
-            'average_rating': float_or_none(video_info.get('avg_rating', [None])[0]),
+            'average_rating': average_rating,
             'formats': formats,
             'is_live': is_live,
             'start_time': start_time,