diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/sxyprn.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/sxyprn.py
index 0a888674c..b4df9f83d 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/sxyprn.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/sxyprn.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class SxyPrnIE(InfoExtractor):
         uploader_url = urljoin(url, self._search_regex(r'<div class=\'pes_author_div pes_edit_div transition\'.+?><a href=\'(?P<uploader_url>.+?)\'.+?<span class=\'a_name\'>(?P<uploader>.+?)<', webpage, 'uploader_url', group='uploader_url'))
         actors_data = re.findall(r'<a href=\'(?P<actor_url>.+?)\' class=\'tdn htag_rel_a\'><div class=\'htag_rel\'><span>·</span><b>(?P<actor_name>.+?)</b>', webpage)
         actors = []
-        if actors_data is not None:
+        if actors_data != []:
             for actor_tuple in actors_data:
                 actors.append({
                     'given_name': actor_tuple[1],