diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/tenplay.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/tenplay.py
index 4f60d0225..11c3d72ab 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/tenplay.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/tenplay.py
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class TenPlayIE(TenPlayBase):
             'https://vod.ten.com.au/api/videos/bcquery?command=find_videos_by_id&video_id={0}'.format(data['altId']),
             content_id, 'Downloading video JSON')
         m3u8_url = self._request_webpage(
-            HEADRequest(traverse_obj(video_data, ('items', 0, 'HLSURL', T(url_or_none)))),
+            HEADRequest(video_data['items'][0]['HLSURL']),
             content_id, 'Checking stream URL').url
         if '10play-not-in-oz' in m3u8_url:
             self.raise_geo_restricted()