diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_log.c b/net/netfilter/nf_log.c
index c2c1b16b75388516f7f455e4c389d8b1f85fdbce..1ba3da51050d9c5362db4d4fbbeaf2f992365fc2 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_log.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_log.c
@@ -577,6 +577,7 @@ static void __net_exit nf_log_net_exit(struct net *net)
 static struct pernet_operations nf_log_net_ops = {
 	.init = nf_log_net_init,
 	.exit = nf_log_net_exit,
+	.async = true,
 };
 
 int __init netfilter_log_init(void)