diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c
index 5f6f73cf2174..c5d16e2bc8e2 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c
@@ -2289,6 +2289,7 @@ static struct pernet_operations ipvs_core_ops = {
 	.exit = __ip_vs_cleanup,
 	.id   = &ip_vs_net_id,
 	.size = sizeof(struct netns_ipvs),
+	.async = true,
 };
 
 static struct pernet_operations ipvs_core_dev_ops = {