diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
index d107b4426f7eb15443188e8538c4b6e8e99d4fa8..1e3824e6cce0d9c1e52c4a2e602858ccbb49620a 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
@@ -1263,6 +1263,7 @@ static struct pernet_operations nfsd_net_ops = {
 	.exit = nfsd_exit_net,
 	.id   = &nfsd_net_id,
 	.size = sizeof(struct nfsd_net),
+	.async = true,
 };
 
 static int __init init_nfsd(void)