diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index 78f053f182..5d4db54d52 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ from ..utils import (
     GeoUtils,
     int_or_none,
     js_to_json,
+    JSON_LD_RE,
     mimetype2ext,
     orderedSet,
     parse_codecs,
@@ -1149,8 +1150,7 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
 
     def _search_json_ld(self, html, video_id, expected_type=None, **kwargs):
         json_ld = self._search_regex(
-            r'(?s)<script[^>]+type=(["\'])application/ld\+json\1[^>]*>(?P<json_ld>.+?)</script>',
-            html, 'JSON-LD', group='json_ld', **kwargs)
+            JSON_LD_RE, html, 'JSON-LD', group='json_ld', **kwargs)
         default = kwargs.get('default', NO_DEFAULT)
         if not json_ld:
             return default if default is not NO_DEFAULT else {}
diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index 6a3199fb99..8c45166d76 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ DATE_FORMATS_MONTH_FIRST.extend([
 ])
 
 PACKED_CODES_RE = r"}\('(.+)',(\d+),(\d+),'([^']+)'\.split\('\|'\)"
+JSON_LD_RE = r'(?is)<script[^>]+type=(["\'])application/ld\+json\1[^>]*>(?P<json_ld>.+?)</script>'
 
 
 def preferredencoding():