diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Interfaces/IRegionSerialiserModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Interfaces/IRegionSerialiserModule.cs
index 29d5d475b8..b89f8692d0 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Interfaces/IRegionSerialiserModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Interfaces/IRegionSerialiserModule.cs
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Interfaces
         /// <param name="min"></param>
         /// <param name="max"></param>
         void SavePrimListToXml2(List<EntityBase> entityList, TextWriter stream, Vector3 min, Vector3 max);
+        
+        void SaveNamedPrimsToXml2(Scene scene, string primName, string fileName);        
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Deserializes a scene object from its xml2 representation.  This does not load the object into the scene.
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Serialiser/SceneXmlLoader.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Serialiser/SceneXmlLoader.cs
index c856b5b055..2e9c551b38 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Serialiser/SceneXmlLoader.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Serialiser/SceneXmlLoader.cs
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
-//using System.Reflection;
+using System.Reflection;
 using System.Xml;
 using OpenMetaverse;
-//using log4net;
+using log4net;
 using OpenSim.Framework;
 using OpenSim.Region.Physics.Manager;
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
     /// </summary>
     public class SceneXmlLoader
     {
-        //private static readonly ILog m_log = LogManager.GetLogger(MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
+        private static readonly ILog m_log = LogManager.GetLogger(MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
 
         public static void LoadPrimsFromXml(Scene scene, string fileName, bool newIDS, Vector3 loadOffset)
         {
@@ -213,6 +213,29 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
 
             SavePrimListToXml2(EntityList, stream, min, max);
         }
+        
+        public static void SaveNamedPrimsToXml2(Scene scene, string primName, string fileName)
+        {
+            m_log.InfoFormat(
+                "[SERIALISER]: Saving prims with name {0} in xml2 format for region {1} to {2}", 
+                primName, scene.RegionInfo.RegionName, fileName);
+
+            List<EntityBase> entityList = scene.GetEntities();
+            List<EntityBase> primList = new List<EntityBase>();
+
+            foreach (EntityBase ent in entityList)
+            {
+                if (ent is SceneObjectGroup)
+                {
+                    if (ent.Name == primName)
+                    {
+                        primList.Add(ent);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            SavePrimListToXml2(primList, fileName);
+        }        
 
         public static void SavePrimListToXml2(List<EntityBase> entityList, string fileName)
         {
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Serialiser/SerialiserModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Serialiser/SerialiserModule.cs
index 8b5dd2c333..c1af947b50 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Serialiser/SerialiserModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Serialiser/SerialiserModule.cs
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Modules.World.Serialiser
         {
             SceneXmlLoader.SavePrimsToXml2(scene, stream, min, max);
         }
+        
+        public void SaveNamedPrimsToXml2(Scene scene, string primName, string fileName)
+        {
+            SceneXmlLoader.SaveNamedPrimsToXml2(scene, primName, fileName);
+        }
 
         public SceneObjectGroup DeserializeGroupFromXml2(string xmlString)
         {
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Scene.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Scene.cs
index eaf04eabdd..70cd45ebb3 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Scene.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Scene.cs
@@ -1880,28 +1880,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
             return false;
         }
 
-        public void SaveNamedPrimsToXml2(string primName, string fileName)
-        {
-            m_log.InfoFormat(
-                "[SCENE]: Saving prims with name {0} in xml2 format for region {1} to {2}", primName, RegionInfo.RegionName, fileName);
-
-            List<EntityBase> entityList = GetEntities();
-            List<EntityBase> primList = new List<EntityBase>();
-
-            foreach (EntityBase ent in entityList)
-            {
-                if (ent is SceneObjectGroup)
-                {
-                    if (ent.Name == primName)
-                    {
-                        primList.Add(ent);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            m_serialiser.SavePrimListToXml2(primList, fileName);
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Move the given scene object into a new region depending on which region its absolute position has moved
         /// into.
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneManager.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneManager.cs
index 9e83f25650..d585b481a6 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneManager.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneManager.cs
@@ -215,7 +215,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
 
         public void SaveNamedPrimsToXml2(string primName, string filename)
         {
-            CurrentOrFirstScene.SaveNamedPrimsToXml2( primName, filename);
+            IRegionSerialiserModule serialiser = CurrentOrFirstScene.RequestModuleInterface<IRegionSerialiserModule>();
+            if (serialiser != null)               
+                serialiser.SaveNamedPrimsToXml2(CurrentOrFirstScene, primName, filename);
         }
 
         /// <summary>