diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_raw.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_raw.c
index 960625aabf0454b3814f5094faca1468e0d37059..963753e508422e75ce8ee4e9cdd0be6a17879a61 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_raw.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_raw.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ static void __net_exit iptable_raw_net_exit(struct net *net)
 
 static struct pernet_operations iptable_raw_net_ops = {
 	.exit = iptable_raw_net_exit,
+	.async = true,
 };
 
 static int __init iptable_raw_init(void)