diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/atresplayer.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/atresplayer.py
index 28013eb13..178514767 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/atresplayer.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/atresplayer.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class AtresPlayerIE(InfoExtractor):
                     'password': password,
                 }))
         except ExtractorError as e:
-            if isinstance(e.cause, compat_HTTPError) and e.cause.code == 401:
+            if isinstance(e.cause, compat_HTTPError) and e.cause.code == 400:
                 raise ExtractorError('Authentication failure', expected=True)
             self._handle_error(e, 400)