diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
index ea09ad3581..54b9ce94cb 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -336,14 +336,19 @@ def _extract_identity_token(self, webpage, item_id):
 
     @staticmethod
     def _extract_account_syncid(data):
-        """Extract syncId required to download private playlists of secondary channels"""
-        sync_ids = (
-            try_get(data, lambda x: x['responseContext']['mainAppWebResponseContext']['datasyncId'], compat_str)
-            or '').split("||")
+        """
+        Extract syncId required to download private playlists of secondary channels
+        @param data Either response or ytcfg
+        """
+        sync_ids = (try_get(
+            data, (lambda x: x['responseContext']['mainAppWebResponseContext']['datasyncId'],
+                   lambda x: x['DATASYNC_ID']), compat_str) or '').split("||")
         if len(sync_ids) >= 2 and sync_ids[1]:
             # datasyncid is of the form "channel_syncid||user_syncid" for secondary channel
             # and just "user_syncid||" for primary channel. We only want the channel_syncid
             return sync_ids[0]
+        # ytcfg includes channel_syncid if on secondary channel
+        return data.get('DELEGATED_SESSION_ID')
 
     def _extract_ytcfg(self, video_id, webpage):
         return self._parse_json(