diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/ReplicationQueue.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/ReplicationQueue.java
index f5bb513..f5b27ee 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/ReplicationQueue.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/ReplicationQueue.java
@@ -156,11 +156,7 @@
           event.getRefName(),
           event.getOldObjectId(),
           event.getNewObjectId());
-      fire(
-          event.getProjectName(),
-          ObjectId.fromString(event.getNewObjectId()),
-          event.getRefName(),
-          event.isDelete());
+      fire(ReferenceUpdatedEvent.from(event));
     }
   }
 
@@ -189,24 +185,18 @@
     return !refsFilter.match(refName);
   }
 
-  private void fire(String projectName, ObjectId objectId, String refName, boolean isDelete) {
+  private void fire(ReferenceUpdatedEvent event) {
     ReplicationState state = new ReplicationState(new GitUpdateProcessing(dispatcher.get()));
-    fire(Project.nameKey(projectName), objectId, refName, isDelete, state);
+    fire(event, state);
     state.markAllFetchTasksScheduled();
   }
 
-  private void fire(
-      Project.NameKey project,
-      ObjectId objectId,
-      String refName,
-      boolean isDelete,
-      ReplicationState state) {
+  private void fire(ReferenceUpdatedEvent event, ReplicationState state) {
     if (!running) {
       stateLog.warn(
           "Replication plugin did not finish startup before event, event replication is postponed",
           state);
-      beforeStartupEventsQueue.add(
-          ReferenceUpdatedEvent.create(project.get(), refName, objectId, isDelete));
+      beforeStartupEventsQueue.add(event);
       return;
     }
     ForkJoinPool fetchCallsPool = null;
@@ -220,7 +210,12 @@
       fetchCallsPool = new ForkJoinPool(numSources);
 
       final Consumer<Source> callFunction =
-          callFunction(project, objectId, refName, isDelete, state);
+          callFunction(
+              Project.nameKey(event.projectName()),
+              event.objectId(),
+              event.refName(),
+              event.isDelete(),
+              state);
       fetchCallsPool
           .submit(() -> allSources.parallelStream().forEach(callFunction))
           .get(fetchCallsTimeout, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
@@ -497,7 +492,7 @@
       String eventKey = String.format("%s:%s", event.projectName(), event.refName());
       if (!eventsReplayed.contains(eventKey)) {
         repLog.info("Firing pending task {}", event);
-        fire(event.projectName(), event.objectId(), event.refName(), event.isDelete());
+        fire(event);
         eventsReplayed.add(eventKey);
       }
     }
@@ -523,6 +518,14 @@
           projectName, refName, objectId, isDelete);
     }
 
+    static ReferenceUpdatedEvent from(GitReferenceUpdatedListener.Event event) {
+      return ReferenceUpdatedEvent.create(
+          event.getProjectName(),
+          event.getRefName(),
+          ObjectId.fromString(event.getNewObjectId()),
+          event.isDelete());
+    }
+
     public abstract String projectName();
 
     public abstract String refName();