diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/patreon.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/patreon.py
index 39a21a16b6..ed38064f32 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/patreon.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/patreon.py
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ class PatreonIE(PatreonBaseIE):
                 }))
 
         # all-lowercase 'referer' so we can smuggle it to Generic, SproutVideo, Vimeo
-        headers = {'referer': 'https://patreon.com/'}
+        headers = {'referer': url}
 
         # handle Vimeo embeds
         if traverse_obj(attributes, ('embed', 'provider')) == 'Vimeo':