diff --git a/test/test_utils.py b/test/test_utils.py
index 962fd8d75..c2d1e4fb1 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_utils.py
@@ -994,6 +994,12 @@ class TestUtil(unittest.TestCase):
         on = js_to_json('{42:4.2e1}')
         self.assertEqual(json.loads(on), {'42': 42.0})
 
+        on = js_to_json('{ "0x40": "0x40" }')
+        self.assertEqual(json.loads(on), {'0x40': '0x40'})
+
+        on = js_to_json('{ "040": "040" }')
+        self.assertEqual(json.loads(on), {'040': '040'})
+
     def test_js_to_json_malformed(self):
         self.assertEqual(js_to_json('42a1'), '42"a1"')
         self.assertEqual(js_to_json('42a-1'), '42"a"-1')
diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index 01d9c0362..737e2810e 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -4088,12 +4088,12 @@ def js_to_json(code):
                 '\\\n': '',
                 '\\x': '\\u00',
             }.get(m.group(0), m.group(0)), v[1:-1])
-
-        for regex, base in INTEGER_TABLE:
-            im = re.match(regex, v)
-            if im:
-                i = int(im.group(1), base)
-                return '"%d":' % i if v.endswith(':') else '%d' % i
+        else:
+            for regex, base in INTEGER_TABLE:
+                im = re.match(regex, v)
+                if im:
+                    i = int(im.group(1), base)
+                    return '"%d":' % i if v.endswith(':') else '%d' % i
 
         return '"%s"' % v