diff --git a/zuul/driver/gerrit/gerritconnection.py b/zuul/driver/gerrit/gerritconnection.py
index 69e651b6e3..0e242a8e67 100644
--- a/zuul/driver/gerrit/gerritconnection.py
+++ b/zuul/driver/gerrit/gerritconnection.py
@@ -230,13 +230,6 @@ class GerritEventConnector(threading.Thread):
         event.type = data.get('type')
         event.uuid = data.get('uuid')
 
-        # NOTE(mnaser): Certain plugins fire events which end up causing
-        #               an unrecognized event log *and* a traceback if they
-        #               do not contain full project information, we skip them
-        #               here to keep logs clean.
-        if event.type in GerritEventConnector.IGNORED_EVENTS:
-            return
-
         # This catches when a change is merged, as it could potentially
         # have merged layout info which will need to be read in.
         # Ideally this would be done with a refupdate event so as to catch
@@ -1122,6 +1115,13 @@ class GerritConnection(ZKChangeCacheMixin, ZKBranchCacheMixin, BaseConnection):
         return True
 
     def addEvent(self, data):
+        # NOTE(mnaser): Certain plugins fire events which end up causing
+        #               an unrecognized event log *and* a traceback if they
+        #               do not contain full project information, we skip them
+        #               here to keep logs clean.
+        if data.get('type') in GerritEventConnector.IGNORED_EVENTS:
+            return
+
         event = {
             "timestamp": time.time(),
             "payload": data