diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/once.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/once.py
index 080045d4c1..5db949b176 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/once.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/once.py
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ def _extract_once_formats(self, url):
             media_item_id, 'mp4', m3u8_id='hls', fatal=False)
         progressive_formats = []
         for adaptive_format in formats:
+            # Prevent advertisement from embedding into m3u8 playlist (see
+            # https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/8893#issuecomment-199912684)
+            adaptive_format['url'] = re.sub(
+                r'\badsegmentlength=\d+', r'adsegmentlength=0', adaptive_format['url'])
             rendition_id = self._search_regex(
                 r'/now/media/playlist/[^/]+/[^/]+/([^/]+)',
                 adaptive_format['url'], 'redition id', default=None)