diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/bindings/boot/SpringSecurityOAuth2BindingsPropertiesProcessor.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/bindings/boot/SpringSecurityOAuth2BindingsPropertiesProcessor.java
index 3577d68..bc28f59 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/bindings/boot/SpringSecurityOAuth2BindingsPropertiesProcessor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/bindings/boot/SpringSecurityOAuth2BindingsPropertiesProcessor.java
@@ -16,8 +16,11 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.bindings.boot;
 
+import org.springframework.boot.context.event.ApplicationPreparedEvent;
+import org.springframework.boot.logging.DeferredLog;
 import org.springframework.cloud.bindings.Binding;
 import org.springframework.cloud.bindings.Bindings;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener;
 import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
 
 import java.util.*;
@@ -27,13 +30,15 @@ import static org.springframework.cloud.bindings.boot.Guards.isKindEnabled;
 /**
  * An implementation of {@link BindingsPropertiesProcessor} that detects {@link Binding}s of kind: {@value KIND}.
  */
-public final class SpringSecurityOAuth2BindingsPropertiesProcessor implements BindingsPropertiesProcessor {
+public final class SpringSecurityOAuth2BindingsPropertiesProcessor implements BindingsPropertiesProcessor, ApplicationListener<ApplicationPreparedEvent> {
 
     /**
      * The {@link Binding} kind that this processor is interested in: {@value}.
      **/
     public static final String KIND = "OAuth2";
 
+    private static final DeferredLog LOG = new DeferredLog();
+
     @Override
     public void process(Environment environment, Bindings bindings, Map<String, Object> properties) {
         if (!isKindEnabled(environment, KIND)) {
@@ -43,6 +48,10 @@ public final class SpringSecurityOAuth2BindingsPropertiesProcessor implements Bi
         bindings.filterBindings(KIND).forEach(binding -> {
             MapMapper map = new MapMapper(binding.getSecret(), properties);
             String provider = binding.getProvider();
+            if (provider == null) {
+                LOG.warn(String.format("Binding '%s' is missing required 'provider' and will not be processed.", binding.getName()));
+                return;
+            }
             String clientName = binding.getName();
             properties.put(String.format("spring.security.oauth2.client.registration.%s.provider", clientName), provider);
             map.from("client-id").to(String.format("spring.security.oauth2.client.registration.%s.client-id", clientName));
@@ -57,4 +66,8 @@ public final class SpringSecurityOAuth2BindingsPropertiesProcessor implements Bi
         });
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void onApplicationEvent(ApplicationPreparedEvent event) {
+        LOG.switchTo(getClass());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories b/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories
index e1aa3cb..5a0b912 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories
+++ b/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener=\
   org.springframework.cloud.bindings.boot.BindingFlattenedEnvironmentPostProcessor, \
   org.springframework.cloud.bindings.boot.BindingSpecificEnvironmentPostProcessor, \
+  org.springframework.cloud.bindings.boot.SpringSecurityOAuth2BindingsPropertiesProcessor, \
   org.springframework.cloud.bindings.boot.VaultBindingsPropertiesProcessor
 org.springframework.boot.env.EnvironmentPostProcessor=\
   org.springframework.cloud.bindings.boot.BindingFlattenedEnvironmentPostProcessor, \
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/bindings/boot/SpringSecurityOAuth2BindingsPropertiesProcessorTest.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/bindings/boot/SpringSecurityOAuth2BindingsPropertiesProcessorTest.java
index 957470b..2a2589d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/bindings/boot/SpringSecurityOAuth2BindingsPropertiesProcessorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/bindings/boot/SpringSecurityOAuth2BindingsPropertiesProcessorTest.java
@@ -63,6 +63,13 @@ final class SpringSecurityOAuth2BindingsPropertiesProcessorTest {
                             .withEntry("user-info-authentication-method", "my-provider-user-info-authentication-method")
                             .withEntry("jwk-set-uri", "my-provider-jwk-set-uri")
                             .withEntry("user-name-attribute", "my-provider-user-name-attribute")
+            ),
+            // Don't crash when provider is missing
+            new Binding("test-missing-provider", Paths.get("test-path"),
+                    new FluentMap()
+                            .withEntry("kind", KIND),
+                    new FluentMap()
+                            .withEntry("client-id", "my-provider-client-id")
             )
     );
 
@@ -81,8 +88,9 @@ final class SpringSecurityOAuth2BindingsPropertiesProcessorTest {
         ;
     }
 
+    @Test
     @DisplayName("contributes client properties for OIDC providers")
-    void testOIDCProvider() {
+    void testOidcProvider() {
         new SpringSecurityOAuth2BindingsPropertiesProcessor().process(environment, bindings, properties);
         assertThat(properties)
                 .containsEntry("spring.security.oauth2.client.registration.test-name-2.client-id", "okta-client-id")
@@ -92,6 +100,7 @@ final class SpringSecurityOAuth2BindingsPropertiesProcessorTest {
         ;
     }
 
+    @Test
     @DisplayName("contributes client properties for non-OIDC providers")
     void testProvider() {
         new SpringSecurityOAuth2BindingsPropertiesProcessor().process(environment, bindings, properties);