diff --git a/samtranslator/swagger/swagger.py b/samtranslator/swagger/swagger.py
index 53ac00bee2..7c1f7877e9 100644
--- a/samtranslator/swagger/swagger.py
+++ b/samtranslator/swagger/swagger.py
@@ -531,7 +531,17 @@ def set_path_default_authorizer(
             if add_default_auth_to_preflight or normalized_method_name != "options":
                 normalized_method_name = self._normalize_method_name(method_name)
                 # It is possible that the method could have two definitions in a Fn::If block.
-                for method_definition in self.get_method_contents(self.get_path(path)[normalized_method_name]):
+                method_dict = self.get_path(path).get(normalized_method_name)
+                if method_dict is None:
+                    raise InvalidDocumentException(
+                        [
+                            InvalidTemplateException(
+                                "Can't find method definition dictionary for method '{}'".format(normalized_method_name)
+                            )
+                        ]
+                    )
+
+                for method_definition in self.get_method_contents(method_dict):
 
                     # If no integration given, then we don't need to process this definition (could be AWS::NoValue)
                     if not isinstance(method_definition, dict):
diff --git a/tests/translator/input/error_api_invalid_any_method.yaml b/tests/translator/input/error_api_invalid_any_method.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd6b304744
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/translator/input/error_api_invalid_any_method.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+Resources:
+  HttpApiFunction:
+    Type: AWS::Serverless::Function
+    Properties:
+      CodeUri: s3://sam-demo-bucket/todo_list.zip
+      Handler: index.restapi
+      Runtime: python3.7
+      Events:
+        SimpleCase:
+          Type: HttpApi
+          Properties:
+            ApiId: !Ref MyApi
+        BasePath:
+          Type: HttpApi
+          Properties:
+            ApiId: !Ref MyApi
+            Path: /
+            Method: get
+
+  MyApi:
+    Type: AWS::Serverless::Api
+    Properties:
+      StageName:
+        Ref: Stage
+      Auth:
+        DefaultAuthorizer: "LambdaAuthorizer"
+        Authorizers:
+          LambdaAuthorizer:
+            FunctionPayloadType: "REQUEST"
+            Identity:
+              Headers:
+                  - "Authorization"
+      DefinitionBody:
+        openapi: '3.0'
+        info:
+          title: !Sub ${AWS::StackName}-Api
+        paths:
+          /:
+            any:
+              x-amazon-apigateway-integration:
+                httpMethod: ANY
+                type: http_proxy
+                uri: https://www.alphavantage.co/
+                payloadFormatVersion: '1.0'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/translator/output/error_api_invalid_any_method.json b/tests/translator/output/error_api_invalid_any_method.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c17791ac68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/translator/output/error_api_invalid_any_method.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "errorMessage": "Invalid Serverless Application Specification document. Number of errors found: 1. Structure of the SAM template is invalid. Can't find method definition dictionary for method 'x-amazon-apigateway-any-method'"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/translator/test_translator.py b/tests/translator/test_translator.py
index fc89f799d3..a0e5be2f1c 100644
--- a/tests/translator/test_translator.py
+++ b/tests/translator/test_translator.py
@@ -667,6 +667,7 @@ def test_transform_success_no_side_effect(self, testcase, partition_with_region)
         "error_api_gateway_responses_nonnumeric_status_code",
         "error_api_gateway_responses_unknown_responseparameter",
         "error_api_gateway_responses_unknown_responseparameter_property",
+        "error_api_invalid_any_method",
         "error_api_invalid_auth",
         "error_api_invalid_path",
         "error_api_invalid_definitionuri",