diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 3c8af14330b50f39266129ba9622df4a22ce007b..b3065908e146fa14c717341c270c57b2f1e3c02a 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -2723,6 +2723,7 @@ static void __init netlink_add_usersock_entry(void)
 static struct pernet_operations __net_initdata netlink_net_ops = {
 	.init = netlink_net_init,
 	.exit = netlink_net_exit,
+	.async = true,
 };
 
 static inline u32 netlink_hash(const void *data, u32 len, u32 seed)