diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
index 221eb47252..8e860fbfd1 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
 
         protected SceneCommunicationService m_sceneGridService;
         public bool LoginsDisabled = true;
+        public bool LoadingPrims = false;
 
         public new float TimeDilation
         {
@@ -1691,6 +1692,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
         /// </summary>
         public virtual void LoadPrimsFromStorage(UUID regionID)
         {
+            LoadingPrims = true;
             m_log.Info("[SCENE]: Loading objects from datastore");
 
             List<SceneObjectGroup> PrimsFromDB = m_storageManager.DataStore.LoadObjects(regionID);
@@ -1714,6 +1716,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
             }
 
             m_log.Info("[SCENE]: Loaded " + PrimsFromDB.Count.ToString() + " SceneObject(s)");
+            LoadingPrims = false;
         }
 
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectGroup.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectGroup.cs
index 93f45e00fc..54b27b25d1 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectGroup.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectGroup.cs
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
 
                 if ((m_scene.TestBorderCross(val - Vector3.UnitX, Cardinals.E) || m_scene.TestBorderCross(val + Vector3.UnitX, Cardinals.W)
                     || m_scene.TestBorderCross(val - Vector3.UnitY, Cardinals.N) || m_scene.TestBorderCross(val + Vector3.UnitY, Cardinals.S)) 
-                    && !IsAttachmentCheckFull())
+                    && !IsAttachmentCheckFull() && (!m_scene.LoadingPrims))
                 {
                     m_scene.CrossPrimGroupIntoNewRegion(val, this, true);
                 }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/XEngine/XEngine.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/XEngine/XEngine.cs
index 3bdbdfb26e..c8f6559ae0 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/XEngine/XEngine.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/XEngine/XEngine.cs
@@ -1359,9 +1359,23 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.XEngine
             string xml = instance.GetXMLState();
 
             XmlDocument sdoc = new XmlDocument();
-            sdoc.LoadXml(xml);
-            XmlNodeList rootL = sdoc.GetElementsByTagName("ScriptState");
-            XmlNode rootNode = rootL[0];
+            bool loadedState = true;
+            try
+            {
+                sdoc.LoadXml(xml);
+            }
+            catch (System.Xml.XmlException e)
+            {
+                loadedState = false;
+            }
+
+            XmlNodeList rootL = null;
+            XmlNode rootNode = null;
+            if (loadedState)
+            {
+                rootL = sdoc.GetElementsByTagName("ScriptState");
+                rootNode = rootL[0];
+            }
 
             // Create <State UUID="xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx">
             XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
@@ -1377,8 +1391,18 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.XEngine
             stateData.Attributes.Append(engineName);
             doc.AppendChild(stateData);
 
+            XmlNode xmlstate = null;
+
             // Add <ScriptState>...</ScriptState>
-            XmlNode xmlstate = doc.ImportNode(rootNode, true);
+            if (loadedState)
+            {
+                xmlstate = doc.ImportNode(rootNode, true);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                xmlstate = doc.CreateElement("", "ScriptState", "");
+            }
+
             stateData.AppendChild(xmlstate);
 
             string assemName = instance.GetAssemblyName();