diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
index 03ead8a9e90c..84fc4954862d 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
@@ -566,6 +566,7 @@ static void __net_exit nfnetlink_net_exit_batch(struct list_head *net_exit_list)
 static struct pernet_operations nfnetlink_net_ops = {
 	.init		= nfnetlink_net_init,
 	.exit_batch	= nfnetlink_net_exit_batch,
+	.async		= true,
 };
 
 static int __init nfnetlink_init(void)