diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/prosiebensat1.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/prosiebensat1.py
index 03e1b1f7f3..6856bacaf9 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/prosiebensat1.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/prosiebensat1.py
@@ -375,7 +375,9 @@ class ProSiebenSat1IE(ProSiebenSat1BaseIE):
         title = self._html_search_regex(self._TITLE_REGEXES, webpage, 'title')
         info = self._extract_video_info(url, clip_id)
         description = self._html_search_regex(
-            self._DESCRIPTION_REGEXES, webpage, 'description', fatal=False)
+            self._DESCRIPTION_REGEXES, webpage, 'description', default=None)
+        if description is None: 
+            description = self._og_search_description(webpage)
         thumbnail = self._og_search_thumbnail(webpage)
         upload_date = unified_strdate(self._html_search_regex(
             self._UPLOAD_DATE_REGEXES, webpage, 'upload date', default=None))