diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index f78b5fe788..e6fa634a7f 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ except ImportError: # Python 2
     import httplib as compat_http_client
 
 try:
-    from http.error import HTTPError as compat_HTTPError
+    from urllib.error import HTTPError as compat_HTTPError
 except ImportError:  # Python 2
     from urllib2 import HTTPError as compat_HTTPError