diff --git a/net/ipv6/ila/ila_xlat.c b/net/ipv6/ila/ila_xlat.c
index 44c39c5f06384..e438699f000f1 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ila/ila_xlat.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ila/ila_xlat.c
@@ -613,6 +613,7 @@ static struct pernet_operations ila_net_ops = {
 	.exit = ila_exit_net,
 	.id   = &ila_net_id,
 	.size = sizeof(struct ila_net),
+	.async = true,
 };
 
 static int ila_xlat_addr(struct sk_buff *skb, bool sir2ila)