diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/vidlii.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/vidlii.py
index ce35be62d..a4a523698 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/vidlii.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/vidlii.py
@@ -126,10 +126,10 @@ class VidLiiIE(InfoExtractor):
             default=None) or self._search_regex(
             r'duration\s*:\s*(\d+)', webpage, 'duration', fatal=False))
 
-        view_count = int_or_none(self._search_regex(
-            (r'<strong>([\d,]+)</strong> views',
-             r'Views\s*:\s*<strong>([\d,]+)</strong>'),
-            webpage, 'view count', fatal=False).replace(",", ""))
+        view_count = str_to_int(self._html_search_regex(
+            (r'<strong>([\d,.]+)</strong> views',
+             r'Views\s*:\s*<strong>([\d,.]+)</strong>'),
+            webpage, 'view count', fatal=False))
 
         comment_count = int_or_none(self._search_regex(
             (r'<span[^>]+id=["\']cmt_num[^>]+>(\d+)',