diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
index c260fb2f0c..3db7c7df71 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
@@ -4255,7 +4255,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
         /// <param name='agentID'></param>
         protected virtual ScenePresence WaitGetScenePresence(UUID agentID)
         {
-            int ntimes = 10;
+            int ntimes = 20;
             ScenePresence sp = null;
             while ((sp = GetScenePresence(agentID)) == null && (ntimes-- > 0))
                 Thread.Sleep(1000);