diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Framework/EntityTransfer/EntityTransferModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Framework/EntityTransfer/EntityTransferModule.cs
index 87f0264f04..93a089dfa2 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Framework/EntityTransfer/EntityTransferModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Framework/EntityTransfer/EntityTransferModule.cs
@@ -1055,6 +1055,14 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Framework.EntityTransfer
             
             m_entityTransferStateMachine.UpdateInTransit(sp.UUID, AgentTransferState.CleaningUp);
 
+            // Need to signal neighbours whether child agents may need closing irrespective of whether this
+            // one needed closing.  We also need to close child agents as quickly as possible to avoid complicated
+            // race conditions with rapid agent releporting (e.g. from A1 to a non-neighbour B, back
+            // to a neighbour A2 then off to a non-neighbour C).  Closing child agents any later requires complex
+            // distributed checks to avoid problems in rapid reteleporting scenarios and where child agents are
+            // abandoned without proper close by viewer but then re-used by an incoming connection.
+            sp.CloseChildAgents(newRegionX, newRegionY);
+
             // May need to logout or other cleanup
             AgentHasMovedAway(sp, logout);
 
@@ -1064,17 +1072,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Framework.EntityTransfer
             // Now let's make it officially a child agent
             sp.MakeChildAgent();
 
-            // May still need to signal neighbours whether child agents may need closing irrespective of whether this
-            // one needed closing.  Neighbour regions also contain logic to prevent a close if a subsequent move or
-            // teleport re-established the child connection.
-            // 
-            // It may be possible to also close child agents after a pause but one needs to be very careful about
-            // race conditions between different regions on rapid teleporting (e.g. from A1 to a non-neighbour B, back
-            // to a neighbour A2 then off to a non-neighbour C.  Also, closing child agents early may be more compatible
-            // with complicated scenarios where there a mixture of V1 and V2 teleports, though this is conjecture.  It's
-            // easier to close immediately and greatly reduce the scope of race conditions if possible.
-            sp.CloseChildAgents(newRegionX, newRegionY);
-
             // Finally, let's close this previously-known-as-root agent, when the jump is outside the view zone
             if (NeedsClosing(sp.DrawDistance, oldRegionX, newRegionX, oldRegionY, newRegionY, reg))
             {
@@ -1096,7 +1093,10 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Framework.EntityTransfer
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    m_log.DebugFormat("[ENTITY TRANSFER MODULE]: Not closing agent {0}, user is back in {1}", sp.Name, Scene.Name);
+                    m_log.DebugFormat(
+                        "[ENTITY TRANSFER MODULE]: Connection for {0} in {1} has been re-established after teleport.  Not closing.", 
+                        sp.Name, Scene.Name);
+
                     sp.DoNotCloseAfterTeleport = false;
                 }
             }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
index d187377488..3e5ef10ac0 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
@@ -3703,21 +3703,30 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
                     // In the case where, for example, an A B C D region layout, an avatar may
                     // teleport from A -> D, but then -> C before A has asked B to close its old child agent.  When C
                     // renews the lease on the child agent at B, we must make sure that the close from A does not succeed.
-                    if (!acd.ChildrenCapSeeds.ContainsKey(RegionInfo.RegionHandle))
-                    {
-                        m_log.DebugFormat(
-                            "[SCENE]: Setting DoNotCloseAfterTeleport for child scene presence {0} in {1} because source will attempt close.", 
-                            sp.Name, Name);
+                    //
+                    // XXX: In the end, this should not be necessary if child agents are closed without delay on 
+                    // teleport, since realistically, the close request should always be processed before any other
+                    // region tried to re-establish a child agent.  This is much simpler since the logic below is 
+                    // vulnerable to an issue when a viewer quits a region without sending a proper logout but then
+                    // re-establishes the connection on a relogin.  This could wrongly set the DoNotCloseAfterTeleport
+                    // flag when no teleport had taken place (and hence no close was going to come).
+//                    if (!acd.ChildrenCapSeeds.ContainsKey(RegionInfo.RegionHandle))
+//                    {
+//                        m_log.DebugFormat(
+//                            "[SCENE]: Setting DoNotCloseAfterTeleport for child scene presence {0} in {1} because source will attempt close.", 
+//                            sp.Name, Name);
+//
+//                        sp.DoNotCloseAfterTeleport = true;
+//                    }
+//                    else if (EntityTransferModule.IsInTransit(sp.UUID))
 
-                        sp.DoNotCloseAfterTeleport = true;
-                    }
-                    else if (EntityTransferModule.IsInTransit(sp.UUID))
+                    if (EntityTransferModule.IsInTransit(sp.UUID))
                     {
-                        m_log.DebugFormat(
-                            "[SCENE]: Setting DoNotCloseAfterTeleport for child scene presence {0} in {1} because this region will attempt previous end-of-teleport close.", 
-                            sp.Name, Name);
-
                         sp.DoNotCloseAfterTeleport = true;
+
+                        m_log.DebugFormat(
+                            "[SCENE]: Set DoNotCloseAfterTeleport for child scene presence {0} in {1} because this region will attempt previous end-of-teleport close.", 
+                            sp.Name, Name);
                     }
                 }
             }