diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/HateoasSortHandlerMethodArgumentResolver.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/HateoasSortHandlerMethodArgumentResolver.java
index 2fc140120..304584843 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/HateoasSortHandlerMethodArgumentResolver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/HateoasSortHandlerMethodArgumentResolver.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import org.springframework.hateoas.TemplateVariable;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.TemplateVariable.VariableType;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.TemplateVariables;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.server.mvc.UriComponentsContributor;
+import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
 import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponents;
 import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponentsBuilder;
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ public class HateoasSortHandlerMethodArgumentResolver extends SortHandlerMethodA
 	 * @see org.springframework.hateoas.server.mvc.UriComponentsContributor#enhance(org.springframework.web.util.UriComponentsBuilder, org.springframework.core.MethodParameter, java.lang.Object)
 	 */
 	@Override
-	public void enhance(UriComponentsBuilder builder, MethodParameter parameter, Object value) {
+	public void enhance(UriComponentsBuilder builder, MethodParameter parameter, @Nullable Object value) {
 
 		if (!(value instanceof Sort)) {
 			return;