diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/softwhiteunderbelly.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/softwhiteunderbelly.py
index a55375687..3b42458ab 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/softwhiteunderbelly.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/softwhiteunderbelly.py
@@ -89,6 +89,6 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
             'id': embed_id,
             'display_id': display_id,
             'title': clean_html(get_element_by_class('video-title', watch_info)),
-            'description': self._html_search_meta('description', webpage, fatal=False),
+            'description': self._html_search_meta('description', webpage, default=None),
             'thumbnail': update_url(self._og_search_thumbnail(webpage) or '', query=None) or None,
         }