diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/xvideos.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/xvideos.py
index 85e99e1b0..f21e0671f 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/xvideos.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/xvideos.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import (
     compat_urllib_parse,
+    ExtractorError,
+    clean_html,
 )
 
 
@@ -28,6 +30,10 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
 
         self.report_extraction(video_id)
 
+        mobj = re.search(r'<h1 class="inlineError">(.+?)</h1>', webpage)
+        if mobj:
+            raise ExtractorError('%s said: %s' % (self.IE_NAME, clean_html(mobj.group(1))), expected=True)
+
         # Extract video URL
         video_url = compat_urllib_parse.unquote(
             self._search_regex(r'flv_url=(.+?)&', webpage, 'video URL'))