diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveReadRequest.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveReadRequest.cs
index 6b247180d8..ee10d04ee1 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveReadRequest.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveReadRequest.cs
@@ -493,7 +493,10 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Avatar.Inventory.Archiver
                         }
                         else
                         {
-                            sceneObjects.Add(SceneObjectSerializer.FromOriginalXmlFormat(xmlData));
+                            SceneObjectGroup deserializedObject = SceneObjectSerializer.FromOriginalXmlFormat(xmlData);
+
+                            if (deserializedObject != null)
+                                sceneObjects.Add(deserializedObject);
                         }
                         
                         foreach (SceneObjectGroup sog in sceneObjects)
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Serialization/SceneObjectSerializer.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Serialization/SceneObjectSerializer.cs
index bca49f74ca..38d12317f1 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Serialization/SceneObjectSerializer.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Serialization/SceneObjectSerializer.cs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes.Serialization
         /// Deserialize a scene object from the original xml format
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="xmlData"></param>
-        /// <returns></returns>
+        /// <returns>The scene object deserialized.  Null on failure.</returns>
         public static SceneObjectGroup FromOriginalXmlFormat(string xmlData)
         {
             //m_log.DebugFormat("[SOG]: Starting deserialization of SOG");