diff --git a/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLAssetData.cs b/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLAssetData.cs
index e740232a31..a743479dd3 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLAssetData.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLAssetData.cs
@@ -251,12 +251,14 @@ namespace OpenSim.Data.MySQL
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// check if the asset UUID exist in database
+        /// Check if the asset exists in the database
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="uuid">The asset UUID</param>
-        /// <returns>true if exist.</returns>
+        /// <returns>true if it exists, false otherwise.</returns>
         override public bool ExistsAsset(UUID uuid)
         {
+//            m_log.DebugFormat("[ASSETS DB]: Checking for asset {0}", uuid);
+
             bool assetExists = false;
 
             lock (m_dbLock)
@@ -273,7 +275,10 @@ namespace OpenSim.Data.MySQL
                             using (MySqlDataReader dbReader = cmd.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.SingleRow))
                             {
                                 if (dbReader.Read())
+                                {
+//                                    m_log.DebugFormat("[ASSETS DB]: Found asset {0}", uuid);
                                     assetExists = true;
+                                }
                             }
                         }
                         catch (Exception e)
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/AssetService/AssetService.cs b/OpenSim/Services/AssetService/AssetService.cs
index e1f90b6e18..8aba548201 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/AssetService/AssetService.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/AssetService/AssetService.cs
@@ -156,10 +156,12 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.AssetService
 
         public virtual string Store(AssetBase asset)
         {
-//            m_log.DebugFormat(
-//                "[ASSET SERVICE]: Storing asset {0} {1}, bytes {2}", asset.Name, asset.ID, asset.Data.Length);
-            
-            m_Database.StoreAsset(asset);
+            if (!m_Database.ExistsAsset(asset.FullID))
+            {
+//                m_log.DebugFormat(
+//                    "[ASSET SERVICE]: Storing asset {0} {1}, bytes {2}", asset.Name, asset.FullID, asset.Data.Length);
+                m_Database.StoreAsset(asset);
+            }
 
             return asset.ID;
         }