diff --git a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/rpc_pipefs.c b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/rpc_pipefs.c
index 9fb067a6f7e025983a170ee6dee7c3ffd7bb28cf..ef9fa111b0099a7e3ca142392ec9b46e17113b5d 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/rpc_pipefs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/rpc_pipefs.c
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ static void nfs4blocklayout_net_exit(struct net *net)
 static struct pernet_operations nfs4blocklayout_net_ops = {
 	.init = nfs4blocklayout_net_init,
 	.exit = nfs4blocklayout_net_exit,
+	.async = true,
 };
 
 int __init bl_init_pipefs(void)
diff --git a/fs/nfs/dns_resolve.c b/fs/nfs/dns_resolve.c
index 060c658eab6600ebb0cf2dfa069d70d4e0f152a0..e90bd69ab653e299a404b6fa17e4151dda92e4ec 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dns_resolve.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dns_resolve.c
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ static void nfs4_dns_net_exit(struct net *net)
 static struct pernet_operations nfs4_dns_resolver_ops = {
 	.init = nfs4_dns_net_init,
 	.exit = nfs4_dns_net_exit,
+	.async = true,
 };
 
 static int rpc_pipefs_event(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long event,
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
index 9463af4b32e8d7d688523986c584e73046d4dd7a..44f939cb6bc82c75ab4f0fdff995a828162ea2d2 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
@@ -2063,6 +2063,7 @@ static __net_exit void rpcsec_gss_exit_net(struct net *net)
 static struct pernet_operations rpcsec_gss_net_ops = {
 	.init = rpcsec_gss_init_net,
 	.exit = rpcsec_gss_exit_net,
+	.async = true,
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sunrpc_syms.c b/net/sunrpc/sunrpc_syms.c
index 56f9eff74150d461d4ecb135d122e24d23b66fa1..68287e9218478edd373bf2b1870b1d41201f0934 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sunrpc_syms.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sunrpc_syms.c
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ static struct pernet_operations sunrpc_net_ops = {
 	.exit = sunrpc_exit_net,
 	.id = &sunrpc_net_id,
 	.size = sizeof(struct sunrpc_net),
+	.async = true,
 };
 
 static int __init