diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Storage/OpenSim.DataStore.MonoSqlite/MonoSqliteDataStore.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Storage/OpenSim.DataStore.MonoSqlite/MonoSqliteDataStore.cs
index 18be64a3fe..cd1c94af22 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Storage/OpenSim.DataStore.MonoSqlite/MonoSqliteDataStore.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Storage/OpenSim.DataStore.MonoSqlite/MonoSqliteDataStore.cs
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.DataStore.MonoSqlite
         public void StoreTerrain(double[,] ter, LLUUID regionID)
         {
             int revision = Util.UnixTimeSinceEpoch();
+            SqliteConnection conn = new SqliteConnection(connectionString);
             MainLog.Instance.Verbose("DATASTORE", "Storing terrain revision r" + revision.ToString());
 
             DataTable terrain = ds.Tables["terrain"];