diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwbase/soundmanager.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwbase/soundmanager.hpp
index 9f1412dcbf..5f96a4e095 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwbase/soundmanager.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwbase/soundmanager.hpp
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ namespace MWBase
         virtual void stopMusic() = 0;
         ///< Stops music if it's playing
 
+        virtual MWSound::MusicType getMusicType() const = 0;
+
         virtual void streamMusic(VFS::Path::NormalizedView filename, MWSound::MusicType type, float fade = 1.f) = 0;
         ///< Play a soundifle
         /// \param filename name of a sound file in the data directory.
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/soundbindings.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/soundbindings.cpp
index fbae24ae1e..50b693fe32 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/soundbindings.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/soundbindings.cpp
@@ -157,7 +157,13 @@ namespace MWLua
 
         api["isMusicPlaying"] = []() { return MWBase::Environment::get().getSoundManager()->isMusicPlaying(); };
 
-        api["stopMusic"] = []() { MWBase::Environment::get().getSoundManager()->stopMusic(); };
+        api["stopMusic"] = []() {
+            MWBase::SoundManager* sndMgr = MWBase::Environment::get().getSoundManager();
+            if (sndMgr->getMusicType() == MWSound::MusicType::MWScript)
+                return;
+
+            sndMgr->stopMusic();
+        };
 
         lua["openmw_ambient"] = LuaUtil::makeReadOnly(api);
         return lua["openmw_ambient"];
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanagerimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanagerimp.cpp
index c741dce24e..8848948c1e 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanagerimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanagerimp.cpp
@@ -1257,6 +1257,7 @@ namespace MWSound
     void SoundManager::clear()
     {
         stopMusic();
+        mMusicType = MusicType::Normal;
 
         for (SoundMap::value_type& snd : mActiveSounds)
         {
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanagerimp.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanagerimp.hpp
index fab6489878..a5e5b2c45f 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanagerimp.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanagerimp.hpp
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ namespace MWSound
         void stopMusic() override;
         ///< Stops music if it's playing
 
+        MWSound::MusicType getMusicType() const override { return mMusicType; }
+
         void streamMusic(VFS::Path::NormalizedView filename, MWSound::MusicType type, float fade = 1.f) override;
         ///< Play a soundifle
         /// \param filename name of a sound file in the data directory.