diff --git a/net/mpls/af_mpls.c b/net/mpls/af_mpls.c
index 7a4de6d618b1..d4a89a8be013 100644
--- a/net/mpls/af_mpls.c
+++ b/net/mpls/af_mpls.c
@@ -2488,6 +2488,7 @@ static void mpls_net_exit(struct net *net)
 static struct pernet_operations mpls_net_ops = {
 	.init = mpls_net_init,
 	.exit = mpls_net_exit,
+	.async = true,
 };
 
 static struct rtnl_af_ops mpls_af_ops __read_mostly = {