diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveReadRequest.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveReadRequest.cs
index f761bf0c53..7abaac0213 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveReadRequest.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveReadRequest.cs
@@ -161,14 +161,18 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Avatar.Inventory.Archiver
                         failedAssetRestores++;
                 }
                 else if (filePath.StartsWith(ArchiveConstants.INVENTORY_PATH))
-                {
+                {                                
                     InventoryFolderBase foundFolder 
                         = ReplicateArchivePathToUserInventory(
                             filePath, TarArchiveReader.TarEntryType.TYPE_DIRECTORY == entryType, 
                             rootDestinationFolder, foldersCreated, nodesLoaded);
 
                     if (TarArchiveReader.TarEntryType.TYPE_DIRECTORY != entryType)
-                    {
+                    {                        
+                        // Escape back characters
+                        filePath = filePath.Replace("/", "/");
+                        filePath = filePath.Replace("&", "&");
+                        
                         InventoryItemBase item = UserInventoryItemSerializer.Deserialize(data);
                         
                         // Don't use the item ID that's in the file
@@ -289,6 +293,11 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Avatar.Inventory.Archiver
                         ArchiveConstants.INVENTORY_NODE_NAME_COMPONENT_SEPARATOR);
 
                 string newFolderName = rawDirsToCreate[i].Remove(identicalNameIdentifierIndex);
+
+                // Escape back characters
+                newFolderName = newFolderName.Replace("/", "/");
+                newFolderName = newFolderName.Replace("&", "&");
+                
                 UUID newFolderId = UUID.Random();
 
                 // Asset type has to be Unknown here rather than Folder, otherwise the created folder can't be
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveWriteRequest.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveWriteRequest.cs
index 499c552a4a..af0b72f664 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveWriteRequest.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveWriteRequest.cs
@@ -394,6 +394,10 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Avatar.Inventory.Archiver
         /// <returns></returns>
         public static string CreateArchiveFolderName(string name, UUID id)
         {
+            // Only encode ampersands (for escaping anything) and / (since this is used as general dir separator).
+            name = name.Replace("&", "&amp;");
+            name = name.Replace("/", "&#47;");
+            
             return string.Format(
                 "{0}{1}{2}/",
                 name,
@@ -409,6 +413,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Avatar.Inventory.Archiver
         /// <returns></returns>
         public static string CreateArchiveItemName(string name, UUID id)
         {
+            name = name.Replace("&", "&amp;");
+            name = name.Replace("/", "&#47;");
+            
             return string.Format(
                 "{0}{1}{2}.xml",
                 name,