diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/AbstractMultisiteReplicationFilter.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/AbstractMultisiteReplicationFilter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf4a0f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/AbstractMultisiteReplicationFilter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2024 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.validation;
+
+import static com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.validation.ProjectVersionRefUpdate.MULTI_SITE_VERSIONING_REF;
+
+abstract class AbstractMultisiteReplicationFilter {
+
+  /*
+   * Since ac43a5f94c773c9db7a73d44035961d69d13fa53 the 'refs/multi-site/version' is
+   * not updated anymore on the global-refdb; however, the values stored already
+   * on the global-refdb could get in the way and prevent replication from happening
+   * as expected.
+   *
+   * Exclude the 'refs/multi-site/version' from local vs. global refdb checking
+   * pretending that the global-refdb for that ref did not exist.
+   */
+  protected boolean shouldNotBeTrackedAnymoreOnGlobalRefDb(String ref) {
+    return MULTI_SITE_VERSIONING_REF.equals(ref);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/MultisiteReplicationFetchFilter.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/MultisiteReplicationFetchFilter.java
index 3fc57ae..c5571c0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/MultisiteReplicationFetchFilter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/MultisiteReplicationFetchFilter.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.validation;
 
-import static com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.validation.ProjectVersionRefUpdate.MULTI_SITE_VERSIONING_REF;
 import static com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.pull.PullReplicationLogger.repLog;
 
 import com.gerritforge.gerrit.globalrefdb.GlobalRefDbLockException;
@@ -38,7 +37,8 @@
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
 
 @Singleton
-public class MultisiteReplicationFetchFilter implements ReplicationFetchFilter {
+public class MultisiteReplicationFetchFilter extends AbstractMultisiteReplicationFilter
+    implements ReplicationFetchFilter {
   private static final String ZERO_ID_NAME = ObjectId.zeroId().name();
   private static final FluentLogger logger = FluentLogger.forEnclosingClass();
 
@@ -91,19 +91,6 @@
     }
   }
 
-  /*
-   * Since ac43a5f94c773c9db7a73d44035961d69d13fa53 the 'refs/multi-site/version' is
-   * not updated anymore on the global-refdb; however, the values stored already
-   * on the global-refdb could get in the way and prevent replication from happening
-   * as expected.
-   *
-   * Exclude the 'refs/multi-site/version' from local vs. global refdb checking
-   * pretending that the global-refdb for that ref did not exist.
-   */
-  private boolean shouldNotBeTrackedAnymoreOnGlobalRefDb(String ref) {
-    return MULTI_SITE_VERSIONING_REF.equals(ref);
-  }
-
   /* If the ref to fetch has been set to all zeros on the global-refdb, it means
    * that whatever is the situation locally, we do not need to fetch it:
    * - If the remote still has it, fetching it will be useless because the global
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/MultisiteReplicationPushFilter.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/MultisiteReplicationPushFilter.java
index 0aba056..b2f8342 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/MultisiteReplicationPushFilter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/validation/MultisiteReplicationPushFilter.java
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 @Singleton
-public class MultisiteReplicationPushFilter implements ReplicationPushFilter {
+public class MultisiteReplicationPushFilter extends AbstractMultisiteReplicationFilter
+    implements ReplicationPushFilter {
   private static final FluentLogger logger = FluentLogger.forEnclosingClass();
   private static final String REF_META_SUFFIX = "/meta";
 
@@ -111,6 +112,10 @@
 
   private Optional<RemoteRefUpdate> isUpToDateWithRetry(
       String projectName, Repository repository, RemoteRefUpdate refUpdate) {
+    if (shouldNotBeTrackedAnymoreOnGlobalRefDb(refUpdate.getSrcRef())) {
+      return Optional.of(refUpdate);
+    }
+
     String ref = refUpdate.getSrcRef();
     try {
       if (sharedRefDb.isUpToDate(