diff --git a/bgpd/bgp_aspath.c b/bgpd/bgp_aspath.c
index 4c1615a5c6..a86b42e250 100644
--- a/bgpd/bgp_aspath.c
+++ b/bgpd/bgp_aspath.c
@@ -297,6 +297,8 @@ static struct aspath *aspath_new(enum asnotation_mode asnotation)
 
 	as = XCALLOC(MTYPE_AS_PATH, sizeof(struct aspath));
 	as->asnotation = asnotation;
+	as->count = 0;
+
 	return as;
 }
 
@@ -399,6 +401,11 @@ unsigned int aspath_count_confeds(struct aspath *aspath)
 }
 
 unsigned int aspath_count_hops(const struct aspath *aspath)
+{
+	return aspath->count;
+}
+
+static unsigned int aspath_count_hops_internal(const struct aspath *aspath)
 {
 	int count = 0;
 	struct assegment *seg = aspath->segments;
@@ -708,6 +715,7 @@ struct aspath *aspath_dup(struct aspath *aspath)
 	else
 		new->str[0] = '\0';
 
+	new->count = aspath->count;
 	return new;
 }
 
@@ -729,6 +737,7 @@ static void *aspath_hash_alloc(void *arg)
 	new->str_len = aspath->str_len;
 	new->json = aspath->json;
 	new->asnotation = aspath->asnotation;
+	new->count = aspath->count;
 
 	return new;
 }
@@ -856,6 +865,8 @@ struct aspath *aspath_parse(struct stream *s, size_t length, int use32bit,
 	if (assegments_parse(s, length, &as.segments, use32bit) < 0)
 		return NULL;
 
+	as.count = aspath_count_hops_internal(&as);
+
 	/* If already same aspath exist then return it. */
 	find = hash_get(ashash, &as, aspath_hash_alloc);
 
@@ -1032,7 +1043,7 @@ static struct assegment *aspath_aggregate_as_set_add(struct aspath *aspath,
 		asset->as[asset->length - 1] = as;
 	}
 
-
+	aspath->count = aspath_count_hops_internal(aspath);
 	return asset;
 }
 
@@ -1113,6 +1124,8 @@ struct aspath *aspath_aggregate(struct aspath *as1, struct aspath *as2)
 
 	assegment_normalise(aspath->segments);
 	aspath_str_update(aspath, false);
+	aspath->count = aspath_count_hops_internal(aspath);
+
 	return aspath;
 }
 
@@ -1268,6 +1281,7 @@ struct aspath *aspath_replace_regex_asn(struct aspath *aspath,
 	}
 
 	aspath_str_update(new, false);
+	new->count = aspath_count_hops_internal(new);
 	return new;
 }
 
@@ -1293,6 +1307,8 @@ struct aspath *aspath_replace_specific_asn(struct aspath *aspath,
 	}
 
 	aspath_str_update(new, false);
+	new->count = aspath_count_hops_internal(new);
+
 	return new;
 }
 
@@ -1315,6 +1331,8 @@ struct aspath *aspath_replace_all_asn(struct aspath *aspath, as_t our_asn)
 	}
 
 	aspath_str_update(new, false);
+	new->count = aspath_count_hops_internal(new);
+
 	return new;
 }
 
@@ -1341,6 +1359,8 @@ struct aspath *aspath_replace_private_asns(struct aspath *aspath, as_t asn,
 	}
 
 	aspath_str_update(new, false);
+	new->count = aspath_count_hops_internal(new);
+
 	return new;
 }
 
@@ -1413,6 +1433,7 @@ struct aspath *aspath_remove_private_asns(struct aspath *aspath, as_t peer_asn)
 	if (!aspath->refcnt)
 		aspath_free(aspath);
 	aspath_str_update(new, false);
+	new->count = aspath_count_hops_internal(new);
 	return new;
 }
 
@@ -1469,6 +1490,7 @@ static struct aspath *aspath_merge(struct aspath *as1, struct aspath *as2)
 		last->next = as2->segments;
 	as2->segments = new;
 	aspath_str_update(as2, false);
+	as2->count = aspath_count_hops_internal(as2);
 	return as2;
 }
 
@@ -1486,6 +1508,7 @@ struct aspath *aspath_prepend(struct aspath *as1, struct aspath *as2)
 	if (as2->segments == NULL) {
 		as2->segments = assegment_dup_all(as1->segments);
 		aspath_str_update(as2, false);
+		as2->count = aspath_count_hops_internal(as2);
 		return as2;
 	}
 
@@ -1506,6 +1529,7 @@ struct aspath *aspath_prepend(struct aspath *as1, struct aspath *as2)
 	if (!as2->segments) {
 		as2->segments = assegment_dup_all(as1->segments);
 		aspath_str_update(as2, false);
+		as2->count = aspath_count_hops_internal(as2);
 		return as2;
 	}
 
@@ -1551,6 +1575,7 @@ struct aspath *aspath_prepend(struct aspath *as1, struct aspath *as2)
 		 * the inbetween AS_SEQUENCE of seg2 in the process
 		 */
 		aspath_str_update(as2, false);
+		as2->count = aspath_count_hops_internal(as2);
 		return as2;
 	} else {
 		/* AS_SET merge code is needed at here. */
@@ -1662,6 +1687,7 @@ struct aspath *aspath_filter_exclude(struct aspath *source,
 		lastseg = newseg;
 	}
 	aspath_str_update(newpath, false);
+	newpath->count = aspath_count_hops_internal(newpath);
 	/* We are happy returning even an empty AS_PATH, because the
 	 * administrator
 	 * might expect this very behaviour. There's a mean to avoid this, if
@@ -1680,6 +1706,7 @@ struct aspath *aspath_filter_exclude_all(struct aspath *source)
 	newpath = aspath_new(source->asnotation);
 
 	aspath_str_update(newpath, false);
+	newpath->count = aspath_count_hops_internal(newpath);
 	/* We are happy returning even an empty AS_PATH, because the
 	 * administrator
 	 * might expect this very behaviour. There's a mean to avoid this, if
@@ -1767,6 +1794,7 @@ struct aspath *aspath_filter_exclude_acl(struct aspath *source,
 
 
 	aspath_str_update(source, false);
+	source->count = aspath_count_hops_internal(source);
 	/* We are happy returning even an empty AS_PATH, because the
 	 * administrator
 	 * might expect this very behaviour. There's a mean to avoid this, if
@@ -1805,6 +1833,7 @@ static struct aspath *aspath_add_asns(struct aspath *aspath, as_t asno,
 	}
 
 	aspath_str_update(aspath, false);
+	aspath->count = aspath_count_hops_internal(aspath);
 	return aspath;
 }
 
@@ -1896,6 +1925,7 @@ struct aspath *aspath_reconcile_as4(struct aspath *aspath,
 	if (!hops) {
 		newpath = aspath_dup(as4path);
 		aspath_str_update(newpath, false);
+		/* dup sets the count properly */
 		return newpath;
 	}
 
@@ -1957,6 +1987,7 @@ struct aspath *aspath_reconcile_as4(struct aspath *aspath,
 	aspath_free(newpath);
 	mergedpath->segments = assegment_normalise(mergedpath->segments);
 	aspath_str_update(mergedpath, false);
+	mergedpath->count = aspath_count_hops_internal(mergedpath);
 
 	if (BGP_DEBUG(as4, AS4))
 		zlog_debug("[AS4] result of synthesizing is %s",
@@ -2027,8 +2058,10 @@ struct aspath *aspath_delete_confed_seq(struct aspath *aspath)
 		seg = next;
 	}
 
-	if (removed_confed_segment)
+	if (removed_confed_segment) {
 		aspath_str_update(aspath, false);
+		aspath->count = aspath_count_hops_internal(aspath);
+	}
 
 	return aspath;
 }
diff --git a/bgpd/bgp_aspath.h b/bgpd/bgp_aspath.h
index f7e57fd66d..46202fd34a 100644
--- a/bgpd/bgp_aspath.h
+++ b/bgpd/bgp_aspath.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ struct aspath {
 	   and AS path regular expression match.  */
 	char *str;
 	unsigned short str_len;
+	uint32_t count;
 
 	/* AS notation used by string expression of AS path */
 	enum asnotation_mode asnotation;