diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/TooManyParameters.java b/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/TooManyParameters.java
index 855094f2487..592cec9a7e0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/TooManyParameters.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/TooManyParameters.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import com.google.errorprone.bugpatterns.BugChecker.MethodTreeMatcher;
 import com.google.errorprone.matchers.Description;
 import com.sun.source.tree.MethodTree;
+import com.sun.tools.javac.code.Symbol.ClassSymbol;
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 
 /** A {@link BugChecker}; see the associated {@link BugPattern} annotation for details. */
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ public class TooManyParameters extends BugChecker implements MethodTreeMatcher {
 
   static final String TOO_MANY_PARAMETERS_FLAG_NAME = "TooManyParameters:ParameterLimit";
 
-  private static final ImmutableSet<String> ANNOTATIONS_TO_IGNORE =
+  private static final ImmutableSet<String> METHOD_ANNOTATIONS_TO_IGNORE =
       ImmutableSet.of(
           "java.lang.Deprecated",
           "java.lang.Override",
@@ -60,8 +61,10 @@ public class TooManyParameters extends BugChecker implements MethodTreeMatcher {
           "org.junit.Test",
           // dagger provider / producers
           "dagger.Provides",
-          "dagger.producers.Produces",
-          "com.google.auto.factory.AutoFactory");
+          "dagger.producers.Produces");
+
+  private static final ImmutableSet<String> CLASS_ANNOTATIONS_TO_IGNORE =
+      ImmutableSet.of("com.google.auto.factory.AutoFactory");
 
   private final int limit;
 
@@ -91,11 +94,13 @@ public Description matchMethod(MethodTree tree, VisitorState state) {
   }
 
   private static boolean shouldApplyApiChecks(MethodTree tree, VisitorState state) {
-    for (String annotation : ANNOTATIONS_TO_IGNORE) {
-      if (hasAnnotation(tree, annotation, state)) {
-        return false;
-      }
+    var symbol = getSymbol(tree);
+    if (symbol.owner instanceof ClassSymbol
+        && CLASS_ANNOTATIONS_TO_IGNORE.stream()
+            .anyMatch(a -> hasAnnotation(symbol.owner, a, state))) {
+      return false;
     }
-    return methodIsPublicAndNotAnOverride(getSymbol(tree), state);
+    return METHOD_ANNOTATIONS_TO_IGNORE.stream().noneMatch(a -> hasAnnotation(tree, a, state))
+        && methodIsPublicAndNotAnOverride(symbol, state);
   }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/TooManyParametersTest.java b/core/src/test/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/TooManyParametersTest.java
index 262414d527f..3dad94d74c5 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/TooManyParametersTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/TooManyParametersTest.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.errorprone.CompilationTestHelper;
 import com.google.errorprone.ErrorProneFlags;
-import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;
@@ -30,13 +29,8 @@
 /** Tests for {@link TooManyParameters}. */
 @RunWith(JUnit4.class)
 public class TooManyParametersTest {
-
-  private CompilationTestHelper compilationHelper;
-
-  @Before
-  public void setup() {
-    compilationHelper = CompilationTestHelper.newInstance(TooManyParameters.class, getClass());
-  }
+  private final CompilationTestHelper compilationHelper =
+      CompilationTestHelper.newInstance(TooManyParameters.class, getClass());
 
   @Test
   public void zeroLimit() {
@@ -112,6 +106,27 @@ public ConstructorTest(int a, int b, int c) {}
         .doTest();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void ignoresAutoFactory() {
+    compilationHelper
+        .setArgs(ImmutableList.of("-XepOpt:" + TOO_MANY_PARAMETERS_FLAG_NAME + "=3"))
+        .addSourceLines(
+            "AutoFactory.java",
+            """
+            package com.google.auto.factory;
+            public @interface AutoFactory {}
+            """)
+        .addSourceLines(
+            "Test.java",
+            """
+            @com.google.auto.factory.AutoFactory
+            public class Test {
+              Test(int a, int b, int c, int d) {}
+            }
+            """)
+        .doTest();
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void method() {
     compilationHelper