diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/vk.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/vk.py
index 23f6ea2e..ab2153f1 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/vk.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/vk.py
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ class VkExtractor(Extractor):
                 continue
 
             try:
-                photo["url"], photo["width"], photo["height"] = photo[size]
+                _, photo["width"], photo["height"] = photo[size]
             except ValueError:
                 # photo without width/height entries (#2535)
-                photo["url"] = photo[size + "src"]
                 photo["width"] = photo["height"] = 0
 
+            photo["url"] = photo[size + "src"]
             photo["id"] = photo["id"].rpartition("_")[2]
             photo.update(data)