diff --git a/lib/private/Authentication/TwoFactorAuth/Manager.php b/lib/private/Authentication/TwoFactorAuth/Manager.php
index 2b2924e7f1402e4471517505c79a4369c2ac378f..805735bd1b83aca48d9743d60a924046da76b49c 100644
--- a/lib/private/Authentication/TwoFactorAuth/Manager.php
+++ b/lib/private/Authentication/TwoFactorAuth/Manager.php
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 namespace OC\Authentication\TwoFactorAuth;
 
+use Exception;
 use OC;
 use OC\App\AppManager;
 use OCP\AppFramework\QueryException;
@@ -112,7 +113,8 @@ class Manager {
 					$provider = OC::$server->query($class);
 					$providers[$provider->getId()] = $provider;
 				} catch (QueryException $exc) {
-					// Provider class can not be resolved, ignore it
+					// Provider class can not be resolved
+					throw new Exception("Could not load two-factor auth provider $class");
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/tests/lib/Authentication/TwoFactorAuth/ManagerTest.php b/tests/lib/Authentication/TwoFactorAuth/ManagerTest.php
index 9a3426eda2d8ec9f98aa746816188df33ebf1189..363229b01bc4ae5044d8bd6dd16edab7829e745e 100644
--- a/tests/lib/Authentication/TwoFactorAuth/ManagerTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/Authentication/TwoFactorAuth/ManagerTest.php
@@ -85,11 +85,32 @@ class ManagerTest extends TestCase {
 		]));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @expectedException \Exception
+	 * @expectedExceptionMessage Could not load two-factor auth provider \OCA\MyFaulty2faApp\DoesNotExist
+	 */
+	public function testFailHardIfProviderCanNotBeLoaded() {
+		$this->appManager->expects($this->once())
+			->method('getEnabledAppsForUser')
+			->with($this->user)
+			->will($this->returnValue(['faulty2faapp']));
+
+		$this->appManager->expects($this->once())
+			->method('getAppInfo')
+			->with('faulty2faapp')
+			->will($this->returnValue([
+					'two-factor-providers' => [
+						'\OCA\MyFaulty2faApp\DoesNotExist',
+					],
+		]));
+
+		$this->manager->getProviders($this->user);
+	}
+
 	public function testIsTwoFactorAuthenticated() {
 		$this->prepareProviders();
 
-		$user = $this->getMock('\OCP\IUser');
-		$user->expects($this->once())
+		$this->user->expects($this->once())
 			->method('getUID')
 			->will($this->returnValue('user123'));
 		$this->config->expects($this->once())
@@ -97,7 +118,7 @@ class ManagerTest extends TestCase {
 			->with('user123', 'core', 'two_factor_auth_disabled', 0)
 			->will($this->returnValue(0));
 
-		$this->assertTrue($this->manager->isTwoFactorAuthenticated($user));
+		$this->assertTrue($this->manager->isTwoFactorAuthenticated($this->user));
 	}
 
 	public function testGetProvider() {