diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/event/FetchRefReplicatedEventHandler.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/event/FetchRefReplicatedEventHandler.java
index fc96394..3f49bdd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/event/FetchRefReplicatedEventHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/event/FetchRefReplicatedEventHandler.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import com.google.common.flogger.FluentLogger;
 import com.google.gerrit.entities.Change;
 import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.RefNames;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.events.Event;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.events.EventListener;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.index.change.ChangeIndexer;
@@ -37,11 +38,14 @@
   public void onEvent(Event event) {
     if (event instanceof FetchRefReplicatedEvent) {
       FetchRefReplicatedEvent fetchRefReplicatedEvent = (FetchRefReplicatedEvent) event;
+      if (!RefNames.isNoteDbMetaRef(fetchRefReplicatedEvent.getRefName())) {
+        return;
+      }
+
       Project.NameKey projectNameKey = fetchRefReplicatedEvent.getProjectNameKey();
       logger.atFine().log(
           "Indexing ref '%s' for project %s",
           fetchRefReplicatedEvent.getRefName(), projectNameKey.get());
-
       Change.Id changeId = Change.Id.fromRef(fetchRefReplicatedEvent.getRefName());
       if (changeId != null
           && fetchRefReplicatedEvent
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/event/FetchRefReplicatedEventHandlerTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/event/FetchRefReplicatedEventHandlerTest.java
index 1d87195..6f75135 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/event/FetchRefReplicatedEventHandlerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/event/FetchRefReplicatedEventHandlerTest.java
@@ -56,6 +56,21 @@
   }
 
   @Test
+  public void onEventShouldIndexOnlyMetaRef() {
+    Project.NameKey projectNameKey = Project.nameKey("testProject");
+    String ref = "refs/changes/41/41/1";
+    Change.Id changeId = Change.Id.fromRef(ref);
+    fetchRefReplicatedEventHandler.onEvent(
+        new FetchRefReplicatedEvent(
+            projectNameKey.get(),
+            ref,
+            "aSourceNode",
+            ReplicationState.RefFetchResult.SUCCEEDED,
+            RefUpdate.Result.FAST_FORWARD));
+    verify(changeIndexerMock, never()).index(eq(projectNameKey), eq(changeId));
+  }
+
+  @Test
   public void onEventShouldNotIndexMissingChange() {
     fetchRefReplicatedEventHandler.onEvent(
         new FetchRefReplicatedEvent(