1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index f8b8fb0c1..088b111eb 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -1164,8 +1164,10 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                 if lang not in available_subs:
                     available_subs[lang] = cap_info
 
-        if not available_subs:
-            return available_subs
+        if (not self.params.get('writesubtitles') and not
+                self.params.get('writeautomaticsub') or not
+                available_subs):
+            return None
 
         if self.params.get('allsubtitles', False):
             requested_langs = available_subs.keys()