diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
index 9463af4b32e8..44f939cb6bc8 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
@@ -2063,6 +2063,7 @@ static __net_exit void rpcsec_gss_exit_net(struct net *net)
 static struct pernet_operations rpcsec_gss_net_ops = {
 	.init = rpcsec_gss_init_net,
 	.exit = rpcsec_gss_exit_net,
+	.async = true,
 };
 
 /*