diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/PushResultProcessing.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/PushResultProcessing.java
index 951ae9c..654cd1f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/PushResultProcessing.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/PushResultProcessing.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import com.google.gerrit.common.EventDispatcher;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.events.RefEvent;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.permissions.PermissionBackendException;
 import com.google.gwtorm.server.OrmException;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication.ReplicationState.RefPushResult;
 import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
@@ -187,7 +188,7 @@
     private void postEvent(RefEvent event) {
       try {
         dispatcher.postEvent(event);
-      } catch (OrmException e) {
+      } catch (OrmException | PermissionBackendException e) {
         log.error("Cannot post event", e);
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/GitUpdateProcessingTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/GitUpdateProcessingTest.java
index 41829bc..337bd1d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/GitUpdateProcessingTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/GitUpdateProcessingTest.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 import com.google.gerrit.common.EventDispatcher;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.server.ReviewDb;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.permissions.PermissionBackendException;
 import com.google.gwtorm.client.KeyUtil;
 import com.google.gwtorm.server.OrmException;
 import com.google.gwtorm.server.SchemaFactory;
@@ -58,7 +59,8 @@
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void headRefReplicated() throws URISyntaxException, OrmException {
+  public void headRefReplicated()
+      throws URISyntaxException, OrmException, PermissionBackendException {
     reset(dispatcherMock);
     RefReplicatedEvent expectedEvent =
         new RefReplicatedEvent(
@@ -81,7 +83,8 @@
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void changeRefReplicated() throws URISyntaxException, OrmException {
+  public void changeRefReplicated()
+      throws URISyntaxException, OrmException, PermissionBackendException {
     reset(dispatcherMock);
     RefReplicatedEvent expectedEvent =
         new RefReplicatedEvent(
@@ -104,7 +107,7 @@
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void onAllNodesReplicated() throws OrmException {
+  public void onAllNodesReplicated() throws OrmException, PermissionBackendException {
     reset(dispatcherMock);
     RefReplicationDoneEvent expectedDoneEvent =
         new RefReplicationDoneEvent("someProject", "refs/heads/master", 5);