diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/RegionSync/RegionSyncModule/SymmetricSync/RegionSyncModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/RegionSync/RegionSyncModule/SymmetricSync/RegionSyncModule.cs
index 3f7e9f90c2..d72b5af3ea 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/RegionSync/RegionSyncModule/SymmetricSync/RegionSyncModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/RegionSync/RegionSyncModule/SymmetricSync/RegionSyncModule.cs
@@ -1518,7 +1518,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.RegionSync.RegionSyncModule
 
         private void DoInitialSync()
         {
-            m_scene.DeleteAllSceneObjects();
+            //m_scene.DeleteAllSceneObjects();
+            m_scene.DeleteAllSceneObjectsBySync();
             
             SendSyncMessage(SymmetricSyncMessage.MsgType.RegionName, m_scene.RegionInfo.RegionName);
             m_log.WarnFormat("Sending region name: \"{0}\"", m_scene.RegionInfo.RegionName);
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
index 5efd6d545f..54478ee046 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
@@ -689,6 +689,23 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
             return m_sceneGraph.UpdateObjectBySynchronization(sog);
         }
 
+        public void DeleteAllSceneObjectsBySync()
+        {
+            lock (Entities)
+            {
+                EntityBase[] entities = Entities.GetEntities();
+                foreach (EntityBase e in entities)
+                {
+                    if (e is SceneObjectGroup)
+                    {
+                        SceneObjectGroup sog = (SceneObjectGroup)e;
+                        if (!sog.IsAttachment)
+                            DeleteSceneObjectBySynchronization((SceneObjectGroup)e);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         //Similar to DeleteSceneObject, except that this does not change LastUpdateActorID and LastUpdateTimeStamp
         public void DeleteSceneObjectBySynchronization(SceneObjectGroup group)
         {