diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index 415dc84c82..68b325fca3 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -1539,7 +1539,7 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
         if res is False:
             return []
         mpd, urlh = res
-        mpd_base_url = re.match(r'https?://.+/', urlh.geturl()).group()
+        mpd_base_url = re.match(r'https?://[^?#&]+/', urlh.geturl()).group()
 
         return self._parse_mpd_formats(
             compat_etree_fromstring(mpd.encode('utf-8')), mpd_id, mpd_base_url,