diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index dd177ebee9aabcbe47e704e9d4e424f1b718b89f..8884d302d33a640380261fae28703581efb0369d 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -3417,6 +3417,7 @@ static void __net_exit ctnetlink_net_exit_batch(struct list_head *net_exit_list)
 static struct pernet_operations ctnetlink_net_ops = {
 	.init		= ctnetlink_net_init,
 	.exit_batch	= ctnetlink_net_exit_batch,
+	.async		= true,
 };
 
 static int __init ctnetlink_init(void)