diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index e1846b97ee695e809cefb856835b59b45e4b34a1..8c17f8d8d5d92c6e9bd256aa5c9dcc796209febf 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -6550,6 +6550,7 @@ static void __net_exit addrconf_exit_net(struct net *net)
 static struct pernet_operations addrconf_ops = {
 	.init = addrconf_init_net,
 	.exit = addrconf_exit_net,
+	.async = true,
 };
 
 static struct rtnl_af_ops inet6_ops __read_mostly = {