diff --git a/ui/core/app/routes/scopes.js b/ui/core/app/routes/scopes.js
index 337b319c9..4f53d4955 100644
--- a/ui/core/app/routes/scopes.js
+++ b/ui/core/app/routes/scopes.js
@@ -5,14 +5,13 @@ export default class ScopesRoute extends Route {
   // =methods
 
   /**
-   * Attempt to load the specified scope from the API.  This is allowed
+   * Attempt to load all scopes from the API.  This is allowed
    * to fail, since in some cases the user may not have permission to read a
    * scope directly, but may have permission to read resources under it.
-   * If the scope fails to load, we still proceed using a temporary scope object
-   * consisting of only the specified ID.
+   * If scopes fails to load, we still proceed using an empty array.
    * @param {object} params
    * @param {string} params.scope_id
-   * @return {Promise{ScopeModel}}
+   * @return {Promise{[ScopeModel]}}
    */
   model() {
     // NOTE:  In the absence of a `scope_id` query parameter, this endpoint is
diff --git a/ui/core/tests/acceptance/authentication-test.js b/ui/core/tests/acceptance/authentication-test.js
index 3481337bb..f16a531bb 100644
--- a/ui/core/tests/acceptance/authentication-test.js
+++ b/ui/core/tests/acceptance/authentication-test.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { module, test } from 'qunit';
 import { visit, currentURL, fillIn, click, find } from '@ember/test-helpers';
 import { setupApplicationTest } from 'ember-qunit';
 import setupMirage from 'ember-cli-mirage/test-support/setup-mirage';
+import { Response } from 'miragejs';
 import a11yAudit from 'ember-a11y-testing/test-support/audit';
 import {
   currentSession,
@@ -56,6 +57,26 @@ module('Acceptance | authentication', function (hooks) {
     assert.equal(currentURL(), authMethodAuthenticateURL);
   });
 
+  test('visiting auth method when the scope cannot be loaded is still allowed', async function (assert) {
+    assert.expect(1);
+    orgScope.destroy();
+    this.server.get('/scopes', ({ scopes }, { queryParams: { scope_id } }) => {
+      // Default parent scope is global
+      if (!scope_id) scope_id = 'global';
+      const results = scopes.where(scope => {
+        return scope.scope ? scope.scope.id === scope_id : false
+      });
+      if (!results.length) {
+        return new Response(404);
+      } else {
+        return results;
+      }
+    });
+    await visit(authMethodAuthenticateURL);
+    await a11yAudit();
+    assert.equal(currentURL(), authMethodAuthenticateURL);
+  });
+
   test('visiting any authentication parent route while unauthenticated redirects to first authenticate method', async function (assert) {
     assert.expect(3);
     await visit(indexURL);