diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/UDP/LLUDPServer.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/UDP/LLUDPServer.cs
index 0fa1c0ec07..985aa4ddc3 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/UDP/LLUDPServer.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/UDP/LLUDPServer.cs
@@ -1371,6 +1371,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ClientStack.LindenUDP
                     // circuit code to the existing child agent.  This is not particularly obvious.
                     SendAckImmediate(endPoint, uccp.Header.Sequence);
             
+                    // We only want to send initial data to new clients, not ones which are being converted from child to root.
+                    if (client != null)
+                        client.SceneAgent.SendInitialDataToMe();
                 }
                 else
                 {
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/ScenePresence.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/ScenePresence.cs
index be78bd0918..215a6893df 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/ScenePresence.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/ScenePresence.cs
@@ -1348,8 +1348,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
             // Create child agents in neighbouring regions
             if (openChildAgents && !IsChildAgent)
             {
-                SendInitialDataToMe();
-
                 IEntityTransferModule m_agentTransfer = m_scene.RequestModuleInterface<IEntityTransferModule>();
                 if (m_agentTransfer != null)
                     Util.FireAndForget(delegate { m_agentTransfer.EnableChildAgents(this); });
@@ -1357,7 +1355,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
                 IFriendsModule friendsModule = m_scene.RequestModuleInterface<IFriendsModule>();
                 if (friendsModule != null)
                     friendsModule.SendFriendsOnlineIfNeeded(ControllingClient);
-
             }
 
             // XXX: If we force an update here, then multiple attachments do appear correctly on a destination region