diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/video_module/video_module.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/video_module/video_module.py
index 3483406e0f58..1da9ed8a4170 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/video_module/video_module.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/video_module/video_module.py
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ def editor_saved(self, user, old_metadata, old_content):
         # checking if transcript is present for the video and if any html5_ids transcript is not present then trigger
         # the manage_video_subtitles_save to create the missing transcript with particular html5_id.
         if not metadata_was_changed_by_user and self.sub and hasattr(self, 'html5_sources'):
-            html5_ids = get_html5_ids(getattr(self, 'html5_sources', []))
+            html5_ids = get_html5_ids(self.html5_sources)
             for subs_id in html5_ids:
                 try:
                     Transcript.asset(self.location, subs_id)