diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/arptable_filter.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/arptable_filter.c
index 8f8713b4388fbfa9a0d36298603995b02718d21d..49c2490193aeeed2c6739ad42d2a38ef27945581 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/arptable_filter.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/arptable_filter.c
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ static void __net_exit arptable_filter_net_exit(struct net *net)
 
 static struct pernet_operations arptable_filter_net_ops = {
 	.exit = arptable_filter_net_exit,
+	.async = true,
 };
 
 static int __init arptable_filter_init(void)