diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/pornhub.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/pornhub.py
index 913995044..3a27e3789 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/pornhub.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/pornhub.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class PornHubIE(InfoExtractor):
 
         video_title = self._html_search_regex(r'<h1 [^>]+>([^<]+)', webpage, 'title')
         video_uploader = self._html_search_regex(
-            r'(?s)From:&nbsp;.+?<(?:a href="/users/|a href="/channels/|<span class="username)[^>]+>(.+?)<',
+            r'(?s)From:&nbsp;.+?<(?:a href="/users/|a href="/channels/|span class="username)[^>]+>(.+?)<',
             webpage, 'uploader', fatal=False)
         thumbnail = self._html_search_regex(r'"image_url":"([^"]+)', webpage, 'thumbnail', fatal=False)
         if thumbnail: