diff --git a/vertx-web/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/web/handler/impl/ChainAuthHandlerImpl.java b/vertx-web/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/web/handler/impl/ChainAuthHandlerImpl.java
index 31cafebb70..b2fb515c0e 100644
--- a/vertx-web/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/web/handler/impl/ChainAuthHandlerImpl.java
+++ b/vertx-web/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/web/handler/impl/ChainAuthHandlerImpl.java
@@ -15,21 +15,25 @@
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
 public class ChainAuthHandlerImpl extends AuthenticationHandlerImpl<AuthenticationProvider> implements ChainAuthHandler {
 
   private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ChainAuthHandler.class);
 
-  private static final String HANDLER_IDX = "__vertx.auth.chain.idx";
+  private static final String HANDLER_KEY_PREFIX = "__vertx.auth.chain.idx.";
+  private static final AtomicInteger HANDLER_KEY_SEQ = new AtomicInteger();
 
   private final List<AuthenticationHandlerInternal> handlers = new ArrayList<>();
   private final boolean all;
+  private final String chainAuthHandlerKey;
 
   private int willRedirect = -1;
 
   public ChainAuthHandlerImpl(boolean all) {
     super(null);
     this.all = all;
+    this.chainAuthHandlerKey = HANDLER_KEY_PREFIX + HANDLER_KEY_SEQ.getAndIncrement();
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -115,7 +119,7 @@ private void iterate(final int idx, final RoutingContext ctx, User result, Throw
         iterate(idx + 1, ctx, user, null, handler);
       } else {
         // a single success is enough to signal the end of the validation
-        ctx.put(HANDLER_IDX, idx);
+        ctx.put(chainAuthHandlerKey, idx);
         handler.handle(Future.succeededFuture(user));
       }
     });
@@ -139,11 +143,10 @@ public boolean setAuthenticateHeader(RoutingContext ctx) {
 
   @Override
   public void postAuthentication(RoutingContext ctx) {
-    if (all) {
-      // Can't invoke post-processing for all handlers
+    Integer idx;
+    if (all || (idx = ctx.get(chainAuthHandlerKey)) == null) {
       ctx.next();
     } else {
-      int idx = ctx.get(HANDLER_IDX);
       handlers.get(idx).postAuthentication(ctx);
     }
   }
diff --git a/vertx-web/src/test/java/io/vertx/ext/web/handler/ChainAuthMixHandlerTest.java b/vertx-web/src/test/java/io/vertx/ext/web/handler/ChainAuthMixHandlerTest.java
index f11bd26844..001c3fbaad 100644
--- a/vertx-web/src/test/java/io/vertx/ext/web/handler/ChainAuthMixHandlerTest.java
+++ b/vertx-web/src/test/java/io/vertx/ext/web/handler/ChainAuthMixHandlerTest.java
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
 import io.vertx.ext.auth.User;
 import io.vertx.ext.auth.jwt.JWTAuth;
 import io.vertx.ext.auth.jwt.JWTAuthOptions;
+import io.vertx.ext.web.RoutingContext;
 import io.vertx.ext.web.WebTestBase;
+import io.vertx.ext.web.handler.impl.SimpleAuthenticationHandlerImpl;
 import io.vertx.ext.web.sstore.LocalSessionStore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-import java.util.Arrays;
-
 public class ChainAuthMixHandlerTest extends WebTestBase {
 
   private static final User USER = User.create(new JsonObject().put("id", "paulo"));
@@ -114,4 +114,31 @@ public void testRedirectAndHandlerFail() {
       .add(OAuth2AuthHandler.create(vertx, null, "http://server.com/callback"))
       .add(BasicAuthHandler.create(null));
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testNestedAnyChainAuthHandler() throws Exception {
+    ChainAuthHandler chain =
+      ChainAuthHandler.any()
+        .add(failure)
+        .add(failure)
+        .add(failure)
+        .add(failure)
+        .add(ChainAuthHandler.any()
+          .add(failure)
+          .add(failure)
+          .add(ChainAuthHandler.any()
+            .add(failure)
+            .add(new SimpleAuthenticationHandlerImpl() {
+              @Override
+              public void postAuthentication(RoutingContext rc) {
+                rc.response().end("Peekaboo");
+              }
+            }.authenticate(ctx -> Future.succeededFuture(USER)))));
+
+    router.route().handler(SessionHandler.create(LocalSessionStore.create(vertx)));
+    router.route().handler(chain);
+    router.route().handler(ctx -> fail());
+
+    testRequest(HttpMethod.GET, "/", 200, "OK", "Peekaboo");
+  }
 }