diff --git a/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/audience/Audience.java b/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/audience/Audience.java
index b244263014..eea79db038 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/audience/Audience.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/audience/Audience.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 package net.kyori.adventure.audience;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.stream.Collector;
 import net.kyori.adventure.bossbar.BossBar;
 import net.kyori.adventure.identity.Identified;
@@ -472,8 +473,9 @@ default void playSound(final @NotNull Sound sound, final double x, final double
    * @param sound the sound
    * @since 4.8.0
    */
-  default void stopSound(final @NonNull Sound sound) {
-    this.stopSound(sound.stopper());
+  @ForwardingAudienceOverrideNotRequired
+  default void stopSound(final @NotNull Sound sound) {
+    this.stopSound(Objects.requireNonNull(sound, "sound").asStop());
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/sound/Sound.java b/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/sound/Sound.java
index ceacb11315..7b1c0a1f09 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/sound/Sound.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/sound/Sound.java
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ public interface Sound extends Examinable {
    * @return the sound stop
    * @since 4.8.0
    */
-  @NonNull SoundStop stopper();
+  @NotNull SoundStop asStop();
 
   /**
    * The sound source.
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/sound/SoundImpl.java b/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/sound/SoundImpl.java
index 626415e38a..bd2607f731 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/sound/SoundImpl.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/sound/SoundImpl.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 import net.kyori.adventure.util.ShadyPines;
 import net.kyori.examination.ExaminableProperty;
 import net.kyori.examination.string.StringExaminer;
-import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.MonotonicNonNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ abstract class SoundImpl implements Sound {
   private final Source source;
   private final float volume;
   private final float pitch;
-  private @MonotonicNonNull SoundStop stop;
+  private SoundStop stop;
 
   SoundImpl(final @NotNull Source source, final float volume, final float pitch) {
     this.source = source;
@@ -59,10 +58,8 @@ public float pitch() {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public @NonNull SoundStop stopper() {
-    if(this.stop == null) {
-      this.stop = SoundStop.sound(this);
-    }
+  public @NotNull SoundStop asStop() {
+    if (this.stop == null) this.stop = SoundStop.sound(this);
     return this.stop;
   }
 
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/sound/SoundStop.java b/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/sound/SoundStop.java
index e5b577d39e..0ee78d9727 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/sound/SoundStop.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/sound/SoundStop.java
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ public interface SoundStop extends Examinable {
    * @return a sound stopper
    * @since 4.8.0
    */
-  static @NonNull SoundStop sound(final @NonNull Sound sound) {
+  static @NotNull SoundStop sound(final @NotNull Sound sound) {
     requireNonNull(sound, "sound");
     return namedOnSource(sound.name(), sound.source());
   }