diff --git a/connexion/security/async_security_handler_factory.py b/connexion/security/async_security_handler_factory.py
index 5946f235a..9e93c307b 100644
--- a/connexion/security/async_security_handler_factory.py
+++ b/connexion/security/async_security_handler_factory.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ async def wrapper(request, token, required_scopes):
     def verify_security(cls, auth_funcs, required_scopes, function):
         @functools.wraps(function)
         async def wrapper(request):
-            token_info = None
+            token_info = cls.no_value
             for func in auth_funcs:
                 token_info = func(request, required_scopes)
                 while asyncio.iscoroutine(token_info):
diff --git a/connexion/security/security_handler_factory.py b/connexion/security/security_handler_factory.py
index 90848b4d7..aaea8573e 100644
--- a/connexion/security/security_handler_factory.py
+++ b/connexion/security/security_handler_factory.py
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ def wrapper(request, token, required_scopes):
     def verify_security(cls, auth_funcs, required_scopes, function):
         @functools.wraps(function)
         def wrapper(request):
-            token_info = None
+            token_info = cls.no_value
             for func in auth_funcs:
                 token_info = func(request, required_scopes)
                 if token_info is not cls.no_value:
diff --git a/tests/decorators/test_security.py b/tests/decorators/test_security.py
index c42441f1c..f0b38c38c 100644
--- a/tests/decorators/test_security.py
+++ b/tests/decorators/test_security.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import json
 import pytest
 import requests
-from connexion.exceptions import OAuthResponseProblem, OAuthScopeProblem
+from connexion.exceptions import OAuthProblem, OAuthResponseProblem, OAuthScopeProblem
 
 
 def test_get_tokeninfo_url(monkeypatch, security_handler_factory):
@@ -164,3 +164,15 @@ def apikey_info(apikey, required_scopes=None):
     request.headers = {"X-Auth": 'foobar'}
 
     assert wrapped_func(request, ['admin']) is not None
+
+
+def test_verify_security_oauthproblem(security_handler_factory):
+    """Tests whether verify_security raises an OAuthProblem if there are no auth_funcs."""
+    func_to_secure = MagicMock(return_value='func')
+    secured_func = security_handler_factory.verify_security([], [], func_to_secure)
+
+    request = MagicMock()
+    with pytest.raises(OAuthProblem) as exc_info:
+        secured_func(request)
+
+    assert str(exc_info.value) == '401 Unauthorized: No authorization token provided'