diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/video/information/fingerprints/VideoIdFingerprintBackgroundPlay.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/video/information/fingerprints/VideoIdFingerprintBackgroundPlay.kt
index 80bcd8c47..750929252 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/video/information/fingerprints/VideoIdFingerprintBackgroundPlay.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/video/information/fingerprints/VideoIdFingerprintBackgroundPlay.kt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ internal object VideoIdFingerprintBackgroundPlay : MethodFingerprint(
     customFingerprint = { methodDef, classDef ->
         methodDef.name == "l" &&
                 classDef.methods.count() == 17 &&
+                methodDef.implementation != null &&
                 indexOfPlayerResponseModelInstruction(methodDef) >= 0
     }
 )