diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectGroup.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectGroup.cs
index bc2ca4c46d..f81cfe2f7b 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectGroup.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectGroup.cs
@@ -4024,13 +4024,25 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
             if (nparts <= 1)
                 return gc;
 
+            Quaternion parentRot = RootPart.RotationOffset;
+            Vector3 pPos;
+
             // average all parts positions
             for (int i = 0; i < nparts; i++)
-                gc += parts[i].GetWorldPosition();
+            {
+                // do it directly
+                //                gc += parts[i].GetWorldPosition();
+                if (parts[i] != RootPart)
+                {
+                    pPos = parts[i].OffsetPosition;
+                    gc += pPos;
+                }
+
+            }
             gc /= nparts;
 
             // relative to root:
-            gc -= AbsolutePosition;
+//            gc -= AbsolutePosition;
             return gc;
         }
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/LSL_Api.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/LSL_Api.cs
index 6ee1a5dbbf..0c28bf54dc 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/LSL_Api.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/LSL_Api.cs
@@ -8527,7 +8527,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared.Api
 
         public LSL_Vector llGetGeometricCenter()
         {
-            return new LSL_Vector(m_host.GetGeometricCenter().X, m_host.GetGeometricCenter().Y, m_host.GetGeometricCenter().Z);
+            Vector3 tmp = m_host.GetGeometricCenter();
+            return new LSL_Vector(tmp.X, tmp.Y, tmp.Z);
         }
 
         public LSL_List llGetPrimitiveParams(LSL_List rules)