diff --git a/youtube_dl/downloader/mplayer.py b/youtube_dl/downloader/mplayer.py
index 7dd6e76d0..67e0e4189 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/downloader/mplayer.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/downloader/mplayer.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from ..utils import (
 
 class MplayerFD(FileDownloader):
     def real_download(self, filename, info_dict):
+        url = info_dict['url']
         self.report_destination(filename)
         tmpfilename = self.temp_name(filename)