diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/ScenePresence.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/ScenePresence.cs
index f37b38b0c1..06b4035b04 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/ScenePresence.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/ScenePresence.cs
@@ -332,7 +332,10 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
             AbsolutePosition = m_controllingClient.StartPos;
 
             Animations = new AvatarAnimations();
-            Animations.LoadAnims();
+            lock (Animations)
+            {
+                Animations.LoadAnims();
+            }
 
             // TODO: m_animations and m_animationSeqs should always be of the same length.
             // Move them into an object to (hopefully) avoid threading issues.