diff --git a/net/ipv4/udp.c b/net/ipv4/udp.c
index 908fc02fb4f83e7533cb38ab1ba7b4fe5857c022..c6dc019bc64b56b00b64ffe9ae1d84ce8097e5b4 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/udp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/udp.c
@@ -2842,7 +2842,8 @@ static int __net_init udp_sysctl_init(struct net *net)
 }
 
 static struct pernet_operations __net_initdata udp_sysctl_ops = {
-	.init       = udp_sysctl_init,
+	.init	= udp_sysctl_init,
+	.async	= true,
 };
 
 void __init udp_init(void)