diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index 7236984162422d31435c7ed4b8cf44fbceb745fb..e3eb8806b3e48cd3196bfd0d952929abee0e23d4 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -2913,6 +2913,7 @@ static void __net_exit unix_net_exit(struct net *net)
 static struct pernet_operations unix_net_ops = {
 	.init = unix_net_init,
 	.exit = unix_net_exit,
+	.async = true,
 };
 
 static int __init af_unix_init(void)