diff --git a/plugins/ident/geoip b/plugins/ident/geoip
index b33d1d4..6961ed6 100644
--- a/plugins/ident/geoip
+++ b/plugins/ident/geoip
@@ -375,6 +375,9 @@ sub set_asn {
     return if ! $self->{GeoIPASNum};
 
     my $asn = $self->{GeoIPASNum}->name_by_addr($ip) or return;
+    if ('AS' eq substr($asn, 0, 2)) {
+        $asn = substr($asn, 2);
+    }
     $self->qp->connection->notes('geoip_asn', $asn);
     return $asn;
 }
diff --git a/t/plugin_tests/ident/geoip b/t/plugin_tests/ident/geoip
index 2610894..43392fd 100644
--- a/t/plugin_tests/ident/geoip
+++ b/t/plugin_tests/ident/geoip
@@ -176,10 +176,10 @@ sub test_set_asn {
 
     $self->qp->connection->remote_ip('24.24.24.24');
     $asn = $self->set_asn();
-    ok( $self->connection->notes('geoip_asn') =~ /^AS11351/, "note has: $asn");
+    ok( $self->connection->notes('geoip_asn') =~ /^11351/, "note has: $asn");
 
     $self->qp->connection->remote_ip('66.128.51.163');
     $asn = $self->set_asn();
 
-    ok( $self->connection->notes('geoip_asn') =~ /^AS7819/, "note has: $asn");
+    ok( $self->connection->notes('geoip_asn') =~ /^7819/, "note has: $asn");
 };