diff --git a/test/test_youtube_signature.py b/test/test_youtube_signature.py
index f0f33f1db2..8f1afd4321 100644
--- a/test/test_youtube_signature.py
+++ b/test/test_youtube_signature.py
@@ -62,7 +62,13 @@
         u'js',
         84,
         u'123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ0STUVWXYZ!"#$%&\'()*+,@./:;<=>'
-    )
+    ),
+    (
+        u'https://s.ytimg.com/yts/jsbin/html5player-en_US-vfl9FYC6l.js',
+        u'js',
+        83,
+        u'123456789abcdefghijklmnopqr0tuvwxyzABCDETGHIJKLMNOPQRS>UVWXYZ!"#$%&\'()*+,-./:;<=F'
+    ),
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py b/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py
index 34e5307fae..95e6948ff3 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/jsinterp.py
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ def interpret_expression(self, expr, local_vars, allow_recursion):
                 return argvals[0].join(obj)
             if member == 'reverse':
                 assert len(argvals) == 0
-                return obj[::-1]
+                obj.reverse()
+                return obj
             if member == 'slice':
                 assert len(argvals) == 1
                 return obj[argvals[0]:]