diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_security.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_security.c
index e5379fe57b64184c9c5f3340c268ff968ed1131e..c40d6b3d8b6a06b3afa80bf83654dadfa52cae01 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_security.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_security.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ static void __net_exit iptable_security_net_exit(struct net *net)
 
 static struct pernet_operations iptable_security_net_ops = {
 	.exit = iptable_security_net_exit,
+	.async = true,
 };
 
 static int __init iptable_security_init(void)