diff --git a/plugins/integrations/kubernetes-service/src/main/java/com/cloud/kubernetes/cluster/actionworkers/KubernetesClusterStartWorker.java b/plugins/integrations/kubernetes-service/src/main/java/com/cloud/kubernetes/cluster/actionworkers/KubernetesClusterStartWorker.java
index 408e2599a1e..ec1caa70cca 100644
--- a/plugins/integrations/kubernetes-service/src/main/java/com/cloud/kubernetes/cluster/actionworkers/KubernetesClusterStartWorker.java
+++ b/plugins/integrations/kubernetes-service/src/main/java/com/cloud/kubernetes/cluster/actionworkers/KubernetesClusterStartWorker.java
@@ -256,8 +256,8 @@ public class KubernetesClusterStartWorker extends KubernetesClusterResourceModif
             String cniConfig = new String(Base64.decodeBase64(cniConfigVo.getUserData()));
             if (Objects.nonNull(asNumber)) {
                 cniConfig = substituteASNumber(cniConfig, asNumber);
-                cniConfig = Base64.encodeBase64String(cniConfig.getBytes(com.cloud.utils.StringUtils.getPreferredCharset()));
             }
+            cniConfig = Base64.encodeBase64String(cniConfig.getBytes(com.cloud.utils.StringUtils.getPreferredCharset()));
             base64UserData = userDataManager.concatenateUserData(base64UserData, cniConfig, null);
         }
 
diff --git a/ui/src/views/compute/CreateKubernetesCluster.vue b/ui/src/views/compute/CreateKubernetesCluster.vue
index f47d3737f14..8ccaba5ec9c 100644
--- a/ui/src/views/compute/CreateKubernetesCluster.vue
+++ b/ui/src/views/compute/CreateKubernetesCluster.vue
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@
             </a-select-option>
           </a-select>
         </a-form-item>
-        <a-form-item v-if="form.advancedmode && isASNumberRequired()" name="asnumber" ref="asnumber">
+        <a-form-item v-if="form.advancedmode && isASNumberRequired() && !form.networkid" name="asnumber" ref="asnumber">
           <template #label>
               <tooltip-label :title="$t('label.asnumber')" :tooltip="apiParams.asnumber.description"/>
             </template>