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diff --git a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/metadatafromtitle.py b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/metadatafromtitle.py
index a7d637a3c..c73f02447 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/metadatafromtitle.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/metadatafromtitle.py
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ class MetadataFromTitlePP(PostProcessor):
     def __init__(self, downloader, titleformat):
         super(MetadataFromTitlePP, self).__init__(downloader)
         self._titleformat = titleformat
-        self._titleregex = self.format_to_regex(titleformat)
+        self._titleregex = (self.format_to_regex(titleformat)
+                            if re.search(r'%\(\w+\)s', titleformat)
+                            else titleformat)
 
     def format_to_regex(self, fmt):
         r"""