diff --git a/lib/experimental/class-wp-theme-json-resolver-gutenberg.php b/lib/experimental/class-wp-theme-json-resolver-gutenberg.php
index 183b6ee39df12..fa700dd478310 100644
--- a/lib/experimental/class-wp-theme-json-resolver-gutenberg.php
+++ b/lib/experimental/class-wp-theme-json-resolver-gutenberg.php
@@ -150,25 +150,22 @@ public static function get_plugin_theme_data() {
 		if ( null === static::$plugins ) {
 			$plugins_data        = array();
 			$active_plugin_paths = wp_get_active_and_valid_plugins();
+			$plugin_json         = new WP_Theme_JSON_Gutenberg();
 			foreach ( $active_plugin_paths as $path ) {
 				$config = static::read_json_file( dirname( $path ) . '/theme.json' );
 				if ( ! empty( $config ) ) {
+					$plugin_meta_data = get_plugin_data( $path, false, false );
+					if ( isset( $plugin_meta_data['TextDomain'] ) ) {
+						$config = static::translate( $config, $plugin_meta_data['TextDomain'] );
+					}
+					// TODO, this is where we could potentially introduce different merge
+					// strategies for plugin provided data.
+					$plugin_json->merge(
+						new WP_Theme_JSON_Gutenberg( $config )
+					);
 					$plugins_data[ $path ] = $config;
 				}
 			}
-			// have configs from plugins, now let's register and merge.
-			$plugin_json = new WP_Theme_JSON_Gutenberg();
-			foreach ( $plugins_data as $plugin_path => $plugin_config ) {
-				$plugin_meta_data = get_plugin_data( $plugin_path, false, false );
-				if ( isset( $plugin_meta_data['TextDomain'] ) ) {
-					$plugin_config = static::translate( $plugin_config, $plugin_meta_data['TextDomain'] );
-				}
-				// TODO, this is where we could potentially introduce different merge
-				// strategies for plugin provided data.
-				$plugin_json->merge(
-					new WP_Theme_JSON_Gutenberg( $plugin_config )
-				);
-			}
 			static::$plugins = $plugin_json;
 		}
 		return static::$plugins;