diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/qingting.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/qingting.py
index 04fabbb37..72a44e3e6 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/qingting.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/qingting.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class QingTingIE(InfoExtractor):
     }
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        video_id = re.search(self._VALID_URL, url).group('id')
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
         title = self._html_search_regex(r'(?s)<title\b[^>]*>(.*)</title>', webpage, 'title', default=None) or self._og_search_title(webpage)
         url = self._search_regex(