diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Cache/CachedUserInfo.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Cache/CachedUserInfo.cs
index 4c0aaa22f0..d6e1715f16 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Cache/CachedUserInfo.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Cache/CachedUserInfo.cs
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Communications.Cache
         /// <summary>
         /// Has we received the user's inventory from the inventory service?
         /// </summary>
-        private bool m_hasInventory;
+        public bool HasReceivedInventory { get { return m_hasReceivedInventory; } }
+        private bool m_hasReceivedInventory;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Inventory requests waiting for receipt of this user's inventory from the inventory service.
@@ -74,12 +75,10 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Communications.Cache
         private readonly IList<IInventoryRequest> m_pendingRequests = new List<IInventoryRequest>();
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Has this user info object yet received its inventory information from the invetnroy service?
+        /// The root folder of this user's inventory.  Returns null if the inventory has not yet been received.
         /// </summary>
-        public bool HasInventory { get { return m_hasInventory; } }
-
-        private InventoryFolderImpl m_rootFolder;
         public InventoryFolderImpl RootFolder { get { return m_rootFolder; } }
+        private InventoryFolderImpl m_rootFolder;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// FIXME: This could be contained within a local variable - it doesn't need to be a field
@@ -126,7 +125,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Communications.Cache
         {
             lock (m_pendingRequests)
             {
-                if (m_hasInventory)
+                if (HasReceivedInventory)
                 {
                     request.Execute();
                 }
@@ -216,7 +215,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Communications.Cache
             {
                 // We're going to change inventory status within the lock to avoid a race condition
                 // where requests are processed after the AddRequest() method has been called.
-                m_hasInventory = true;
+                m_hasReceivedInventory = true;
 
                 foreach (IInventoryRequest request in m_pendingRequests)
                 {
@@ -318,7 +317,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Communications.Cache
             //            m_log.DebugFormat(
             //                "[AGENT INVENTORY]: Creating inventory folder {0} {1} for {2} {3}", folderID, folderName, remoteClient.Name, remoteClient.AgentId);
 
-            if (HasInventory)
+            if (m_hasReceivedInventory)
             {
                 InventoryFolderImpl parentFolder = RootFolder.FindFolder(parentID);
 
@@ -393,7 +392,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Communications.Cache
             //            m_log.DebugFormat(
             //                "[AGENT INVENTORY]: Updating inventory folder {0} {1} for {2} {3}", folderID, name, remoteClient.Name, remoteClient.AgentId);
 
-            if (HasInventory)
+            if (m_hasReceivedInventory)
             {
                 InventoryFolderBase baseFolder = new InventoryFolderBase();
                 baseFolder.Owner = m_userProfile.ID;
@@ -445,7 +444,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Communications.Cache
             //                "[AGENT INVENTORY]: Moving inventory folder {0} into folder {1} for {2} {3}",
             //                parentID, remoteClient.Name, remoteClient.Name, remoteClient.AgentId);
 
-            if (HasInventory)
+            if (m_hasReceivedInventory)
             {
                 InventoryFolderBase baseFolder = new InventoryFolderBase();
                 baseFolder.Owner = m_userProfile.ID;
@@ -491,7 +490,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Communications.Cache
             //            m_log.InfoFormat("[AGENT INVENTORY]: Purging folder {0} for {1} uuid {2}",
             //                folderID, remoteClient.Name, remoteClient.AgentId);
 
-            if (HasInventory)
+            if (m_hasReceivedInventory)
             {
                 InventoryFolderImpl purgedFolder = RootFolder.FindFolder(folderID);
 
@@ -539,7 +538,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Communications.Cache
         /// <param name="itemInfo"></param>
         public void AddItem(InventoryItemBase item)
         {
-            if (HasInventory)
+            if (m_hasReceivedInventory)
             {
                 if (item.Folder == LLUUID.Zero)
                 {
@@ -575,7 +574,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Communications.Cache
         /// <param name="itemInfo"></param>
         public void UpdateItem(InventoryItemBase item)
         {
-            if (HasInventory)
+            if (m_hasReceivedInventory)
             {
                 if (m_commsManager.SecureInventoryService != null)
                 {
@@ -608,7 +607,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Communications.Cache
         /// </returns>
         public bool DeleteItem(LLUUID itemID)
         {
-            if (HasInventory)
+            if (m_hasReceivedInventory)
             {
                 // XXX For historical reasons (grid comms), we need to retrieve the whole item in order to delete, even though
                 // really only the item id is required.
@@ -656,7 +655,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Communications.Cache
         /// <returns>true if the request was queued or successfully processed, false otherwise</returns>
         public bool SendInventoryDecendents(IClientAPI client, LLUUID folderID, bool fetchFolders, bool fetchItems)
         {
-            if (HasInventory)
+            if (m_hasReceivedInventory)
             {
                 InventoryFolderImpl folder;
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Cache/UserProfileCacheService.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Cache/UserProfileCacheService.cs
index 5f98c085be..ac52535c01 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Cache/UserProfileCacheService.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Cache/UserProfileCacheService.cs
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Communications.Cache
                 // This is a crude way of dealing with that by retrying the lookup.  It's not quite as bad
                 // in CAPS as doing this with the udp request, since here it won't hold up other packets.
                 // In fact, here we'll be generous and try for longer.
-                if (!userProfile.HasInventory)
+                if (!userProfile.HasReceivedInventory)
                 {
                     int attempts = 0;
                     while (attempts++ < 30)
@@ -359,14 +359,14 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Communications.Cache
 
                         Thread.Sleep(2000);
 
-                        if (userProfile.HasInventory)
+                        if (userProfile.HasReceivedInventory)
                         {
                             break;
                         }
                     }
                 }
 
-                if (userProfile.HasInventory)
+                if (userProfile.HasReceivedInventory)
                 {
                     if ((fold = userProfile.RootFolder.FindFolder(folderID)) != null)
                     {
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Communications.Cache
             CachedUserInfo userProfile;
             if (m_userProfiles.TryGetValue(remoteClient.AgentId, out userProfile))
             {
-                if (userProfile.HasInventory)
+                if (userProfile.HasReceivedInventory)
                 {
                     InventoryItemBase item = userProfile.RootFolder.FindItem(itemID);
                     if (item != null)
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Scene.Inventory.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Scene.Inventory.cs
index 0ba5121d12..d0beac320e 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Scene.Inventory.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Scene.Inventory.cs
@@ -2168,7 +2168,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
                 }
                 if (userInfo != null)
                 {
-                    if (userInfo.HasInventory)
+                    if (userInfo.HasReceivedInventory)
                     {
                         LLUUID folderID = LLUUID.Zero;