diff --git a/owners-autoassign/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/owners/common/AutoassignConfig.java b/owners-autoassign/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/owners/common/AutoassignConfig.java
index 546e0aa..48ec686 100644
--- a/owners-autoassign/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/owners/common/AutoassignConfig.java
+++ b/owners-autoassign/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/owners/common/AutoassignConfig.java
@@ -20,36 +20,31 @@
 import static com.googlesource.gerrit.owners.common.AutoassignConfigModule.PROJECT_CONFIG_AUTOASSIGN_WIP_CHANGES;
 
 import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
-import com.google.gerrit.extensions.annotations.PluginName;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.client.ReviewerState;
-import com.google.gerrit.server.config.PluginConfig;
-import com.google.gerrit.server.config.PluginConfigFactory;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.project.NoSuchProjectException;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.Singleton;
 
 @Singleton
 public class AutoassignConfig {
-
-  private final PluginConfigFactory cfgFactory;
-  private final String pluginName;
+  private final PluginSettings config;
 
   @Inject
-  AutoassignConfig(@PluginName String pluginName, PluginConfigFactory cfgFactory) {
-    this.pluginName = pluginName;
-    this.cfgFactory = cfgFactory;
+  AutoassignConfig(PluginSettings config) {
+    this.config = config;
   }
 
   public boolean autoAssignWip(Project.NameKey projectKey) throws NoSuchProjectException {
-    return cfg(projectKey).getEnum(PROJECT_CONFIG_AUTOASSIGN_WIP_CHANGES, TRUE).equals(TRUE);
+    return config
+        .projectSpecificConfig(projectKey)
+        .getEnum(PROJECT_CONFIG_AUTOASSIGN_WIP_CHANGES, TRUE)
+        .equals(TRUE);
   }
 
   public ReviewerState autoassignedReviewerState(Project.NameKey projectKey)
       throws NoSuchProjectException {
-    return cfg(projectKey).getEnum(PROJECT_CONFIG_AUTOASSIGN_FIELD, ReviewerState.REVIEWER);
-  }
-
-  private PluginConfig cfg(Project.NameKey projectKey) throws NoSuchProjectException {
-    return cfgFactory.getFromProjectConfigWithInheritance(projectKey, pluginName);
+    return config
+        .projectSpecificConfig(projectKey)
+        .getEnum(PROJECT_CONFIG_AUTOASSIGN_FIELD, ReviewerState.REVIEWER);
   }
 }
diff --git a/owners-common/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/owners/common/PluginSettings.java b/owners-common/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/owners/common/PluginSettings.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02f98ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/owners-common/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/owners/common/PluginSettings.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2022 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.owners.common;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
+import com.google.gerrit.extensions.annotations.PluginName;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.config.PluginConfig;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.config.PluginConfigFactory;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.project.NoSuchProjectException;
+import com.google.inject.Inject;
+import com.google.inject.Singleton;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Config;
+
+/** Global owners plugin's settings defined globally or on a per-project basis. */
+@Singleton
+public class PluginSettings {
+  private final ImmutableSet<String> disabledBranchesPatterns;
+  private final PluginConfigFactory configFactory;
+  private final String ownersPluginName;
+  private final Config globalPluginConfig;
+
+  @Inject
+  public PluginSettings(PluginConfigFactory configFactory, @PluginName String ownersPluginName) {
+    this.configFactory = configFactory;
+    this.ownersPluginName = ownersPluginName;
+
+    this.globalPluginConfig = configFactory.getGlobalPluginConfig(ownersPluginName);
+    disabledBranchesPatterns =
+        ImmutableSet.copyOf(globalPluginConfig.getStringList("owners", "disable", "branch"));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Branches that should be ignored for the OWNERS processing.
+   *
+   * @return set of branches regex
+   */
+  public ImmutableSet<String> disabledBranchPatterns() {
+    return disabledBranchesPatterns;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Project-specific config of the owners plugin.
+   *
+   * @param projectKey project name
+   * @return project-specific plugin config
+   * @throws NoSuchProjectException if the project cannot be found
+   */
+  public PluginConfig projectSpecificConfig(Project.NameKey projectKey)
+      throws NoSuchProjectException {
+    return configFactory.getFromProjectConfigWithInheritance(projectKey, ownersPluginName);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/owners/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/owners/OwnerPredicateProvider.java b/owners/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/owners/OwnerPredicateProvider.java
index 4225631..b96ab5b 100644
--- a/owners/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/owners/OwnerPredicateProvider.java
+++ b/owners/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/owners/OwnerPredicateProvider.java
@@ -18,21 +18,17 @@
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.annotations.Listen;
-import com.google.gerrit.extensions.annotations.PluginName;
-import com.google.gerrit.server.config.PluginConfigFactory;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.rules.PredicateProvider;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.owners.common.Accounts;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Config;
+import com.googlesource.gerrit.owners.common.PluginSettings;
 
 /** Gerrit OWNERS Prolog Predicate Provider. */
 @Listen
 public class OwnerPredicateProvider implements PredicateProvider {
   @Inject
-  public OwnerPredicateProvider(
-      Accounts accounts, PluginConfigFactory configFactory, @PluginName String pluginName) {
-    Config config = configFactory.getGlobalPluginConfig(pluginName);
-    OwnersStoredValues.initialize(accounts, config.getStringList("owners", "disable", "branch"));
+  public OwnerPredicateProvider(Accounts accounts, PluginSettings config) {
+    OwnersStoredValues.initialize(accounts, config.disabledBranchPatterns());
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/owners/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/owners/OwnersStoredValues.java b/owners/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/owners/OwnersStoredValues.java
index 997bc06..e749cf2 100644
--- a/owners/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/owners/OwnersStoredValues.java
+++ b/owners/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/owners/OwnersStoredValues.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.owners;
 
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.patch.PatchList;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.rules.StoredValue;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.rules.StoredValues;
@@ -33,7 +34,8 @@
 
   public static StoredValue<PathOwners> PATH_OWNERS;
 
-  public static synchronized void initialize(Accounts accounts, String[] disablePatterns) {
+  public static synchronized void initialize(
+      Accounts accounts, ImmutableSet<String> disablePatterns) {
     if (PATH_OWNERS != null) {
       return;
     }