diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_nat.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_nat.c
index 0f7255cc65ee14bc0f028e3d2bc793c33bcc57f8..b771af74be792b098999e1fbcc3ff55fd6765c01 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_nat.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_nat.c
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ static void __net_exit iptable_nat_net_exit(struct net *net)
 
 static struct pernet_operations iptable_nat_net_ops = {
 	.exit	= iptable_nat_net_exit,
+	.async	= true,
 };
 
 static int __init iptable_nat_init(void)