diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c
index 95b04702a655..6819300f7fb7 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c
@@ -586,6 +586,7 @@ static void __net_exit cttimeout_net_exit(struct net *net)
 static struct pernet_operations cttimeout_ops = {
 	.init	= cttimeout_net_init,
 	.exit	= cttimeout_net_exit,
+	.async	= true,
 };
 
 static int __init cttimeout_init(void)