diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/usage/bigquery_usage.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/usage/bigquery_usage.py
index c3d990affb..538e760f8f 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/usage/bigquery_usage.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/usage/bigquery_usage.py
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ timestamp < "{end_time}"
 """.strip(),
 }
 
-
 OPERATION_STATEMENT_TYPES = {
     "INSERT": OperationTypeClass.INSERT,
     "UPDATE": OperationTypeClass.UPDATE,
@@ -269,23 +268,25 @@ class BigQueryTableRef:
         # Temporary tables will have a dataset that begins with an underscore.
         return self.dataset.startswith(prefix)
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def remove_suffix(input_string, suffix):
+        if suffix and input_string.endswith(suffix):
+            return input_string[: -len(suffix)]
+        return input_string
+
     def remove_extras(self, sharded_table_regex: str) -> "BigQueryTableRef":
         # Handle partitioned and sharded tables.
         table_name: Optional[str] = None
+        shortened_table_name = self.table
+        # if table name ends in _* or * then we strip it as that represents a query on a sharded table
+        shortened_table_name = self.remove_suffix(shortened_table_name, "_*")
+        shortened_table_name = self.remove_suffix(shortened_table_name, "*")
 
-        # if table name ends in _* then we strip it as that represents a query on a sharded table
-        if self.table.endswith("_*"):
-            table_name = self.table[:-2]
-            logger.debug(
-                f"Found query on sharded table {self.table}. Using {table_name} as the table name."
-            )
-            return BigQueryTableRef(self.project, self.dataset, table_name)
-
-        matches = re.match(sharded_table_regex, self.table)
+        matches = re.match(sharded_table_regex, shortened_table_name)
         if matches:
             table_name = matches.group(2)
         else:
-            matches = PARTITION_SUMMARY_REGEXP.match(self.table)
+            matches = PARTITION_SUMMARY_REGEXP.match(shortened_table_name)
             if matches:
                 table_name = matches.group(1)
         if matches:
@@ -302,7 +303,7 @@ class BigQueryTableRef:
             return BigQueryTableRef(self.project, self.dataset, table_name)
 
         # Handle table snapshots.
-        matches = SNAPSHOT_TABLE_REGEX.match(self.table)
+        matches = SNAPSHOT_TABLE_REGEX.match(shortened_table_name)
         if matches:
             table_name = matches.group(1)
             logger.debug(
@@ -312,14 +313,14 @@ class BigQueryTableRef:
 
         # Handle exceptions
         invalid_chars_in_table_name: List[str] = [
-            c for c in {"$", "@"} if c in self.table
+            c for c in {"$", "@"} if c in shortened_table_name
         ]
         if invalid_chars_in_table_name:
             raise ValueError(
                 f"Cannot handle {self} - poorly formatted table name, contains {invalid_chars_in_table_name}"
             )
 
-        return self
+        return BigQueryTableRef(self.project, self.dataset, shortened_table_name)
 
     def __str__(self) -> str:
         return f"projects/{self.project}/datasets/{self.dataset}/tables/{self.table}"
@@ -1146,7 +1147,7 @@ class BigQueryUsageSource(Source):
             aspect=operation_aspect,
         )
         return MetadataWorkUnit(
-            id=f"{datetime.fromtimestamp(last_updated_timestamp/1000).isoformat()}-operation-aspect-{destination_table}",
+            id=f"{datetime.fromtimestamp(last_updated_timestamp / 1000).isoformat()}-operation-aspect-{destination_table}",
             mcp=mcp,
         )
 
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/tests/unit/test_bigquery_usage_source.py b/metadata-ingestion/tests/unit/test_bigquery_usage_source.py
index 7f2b7f761b..94e0cc2475 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/tests/unit/test_bigquery_usage_source.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/tests/unit/test_bigquery_usage_source.py
@@ -194,3 +194,9 @@ def test_bigquery_ref_extra_removal():
     assert new_table_ref.table == "foo"
     assert new_table_ref.project == table_ref.project
     assert new_table_ref.dataset == table_ref.dataset
+
+    table_ref = BigQueryTableRef("project-1234", "dataset-4567", "foo_2016*")
+    new_table_ref = table_ref.remove_extras(_BIGQUERY_DEFAULT_SHARDED_TABLE_REGEX)
+    assert new_table_ref.table == "foo"
+    assert new_table_ref.project == table_ref.project
+    assert new_table_ref.dataset == table_ref.dataset