diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.PacketHandlers.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.PacketHandlers.cs
index 4d97db72da..21c36d3316 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.PacketHandlers.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.PacketHandlers.cs
@@ -515,6 +515,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
         public void HandleFetchInventoryDescendents(IClientAPI remoteClient, UUID folderID, UUID ownerID,
                                                     bool fetchFolders, bool fetchItems, int sortOrder)
         {
+            if (folderID == UUID.Zero)
+                return;
+
             // FIXME MAYBE: We're not handling sortOrder!
 
             // TODO: This code for looking in the folder for the library should be folded somewhere else