diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index fab7a4db249e..aa5f034d6ad1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -3752,6 +3752,7 @@ static struct pernet_operations vxlan_net_ops = {
 	.exit_batch = vxlan_exit_batch_net,
 	.id   = &vxlan_net_id,
 	.size = sizeof(struct vxlan_net),
+	.async = true,
 };
 
 static int __init vxlan_init_module(void)