diff --git a/extensions/vertx-http/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/runtime/security/HttpAuthorizer.java b/extensions/vertx-http/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/runtime/security/HttpAuthorizer.java
index 2f91fd7df1863..0b7ce8da9be29 100644
--- a/extensions/vertx-http/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/runtime/security/HttpAuthorizer.java
+++ b/extensions/vertx-http/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/runtime/security/HttpAuthorizer.java
@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
+import org.jboss.logging.Logger;
+
 import io.quarkus.runtime.BlockingOperationControl;
 import io.quarkus.runtime.ExecutorRecorder;
+import io.quarkus.security.AuthenticationFailedException;
 import io.quarkus.security.identity.IdentityProviderManager;
 import io.quarkus.security.identity.SecurityIdentity;
 import io.quarkus.security.spi.runtime.AuthorizationController;
@@ -26,6 +29,8 @@
 @Singleton
 public class HttpAuthorizer {
 
+    private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(HttpAuthorizer.class);
+
     @Inject
     HttpAuthenticator httpAuthenticator;
 
@@ -88,7 +93,6 @@ public void run() {
     /**
      * Checks that the request is allowed to proceed. If it is then {@link RoutingContext#next()} will
      * be invoked, if not appropriate action will be taken to either report the failure or attempt authentication.
-     *
      */
     public void checkPermission(RoutingContext routingContext) {
         if (!controller.isAuthorizationEnabled()) {
@@ -137,7 +141,12 @@ public void accept(HttpSecurityPolicy.CheckResult checkResult) {
                 }, new Consumer<Throwable>() {
                     @Override
                     public void accept(Throwable throwable) {
-                        routingContext.fail(throwable);
+                        if (!routingContext.response().ended()) {
+                            routingContext.fail(throwable);
+                        } else if (!(throwable instanceof AuthenticationFailedException)) {
+                            //don't log auth failure
+                            log.error("Exception occurred during authorization", throwable);
+                        }
                     }
                 });
     }