diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
index dc9e15e98..52909b0da 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -1397,20 +1397,18 @@ class YoutubeChannelIE(InfoExtractor):
         if autogenerated:
             # The videos are contained in a single page
             # the ajax pages can't be used, they are empty
-            videos = self.extract_videos_from_page(channel_page)
             entries = [
                 self.url_result(
                     video_id, 'Youtube', video_id=video_id,
                     video_title=video_title)
-                for video_id, video_title in videos]
+                for video_id, video_title in self.extract_videos_from_page(channel_page)]
             return self.playlist_result(entries, channel_id)
 
         def _entries():
             more_widget_html = content_html = channel_page
             for pagenum in itertools.count(1):
 
-                ids_in_page = self.extract_videos_from_page(content_html)
-                for video_id, video_title in ids_in_page:
+                for video_id, video_title in self.extract_videos_from_page(content_html):
                     yield self.url_result(
                         video_id, 'Youtube', video_id=video_id,
                         video_title=video_title)