diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Instance/ScriptInstance.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Instance/ScriptInstance.cs
index d570ef7fb6..5793cc9de6 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Instance/ScriptInstance.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Instance/ScriptInstance.cs
@@ -312,11 +312,11 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared.Instance
                             part.SetScriptEvents(ItemID,
                                     (int)m_Script.GetStateEventFlags(State));
 
-                            Running = false;
-
-                            if (ShuttingDown)
+                            if (!Running)
                                 m_startOnInit = false;
 
+                            Running = false;
+
                             // we get new rez events on sim restart, too
                             // but if there is state, then we fire the change
                             // event
@@ -352,12 +352,13 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared.Instance
 
         public void Init()
         {
-            if (!m_startOnInit)
+            if (ShuttingDown)
                 return;
 
             if (m_startedFromSavedState) 
             {
-                Start();
+                if (m_startOnInit)
+                    Start();
                 if (m_postOnRez) 
                 {
                     PostEvent(new EventParams("on_rez",
@@ -389,7 +390,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared.Instance
             }
             else 
             {
-                Start();
+                if (m_startOnInit)
+                    Start();
                 PostEvent(new EventParams("state_entry",
                                           new Object[0], new DetectParams[0]));
                 if (m_postOnRez) 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/XEngine/XEngine.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/XEngine/XEngine.cs
index 01aebb64af..7a9c80c28e 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/XEngine/XEngine.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/XEngine/XEngine.cs
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.XEngine
         private bool m_KillTimedOutScripts;
         private string m_ScriptEnginesPath = null;
 
+        private ExpiringCache<UUID, bool> m_runFlags = new ExpiringCache<UUID, bool>();
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Is the entire simulator in the process of shutting down?
         /// </summary>
@@ -1196,6 +1198,14 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.XEngine
             if (instance != null) 
                 instance.Init();
 
+            bool runIt;
+            if (m_runFlags.TryGetValue(itemID, out runIt))
+            {
+                if (!runIt)
+                    StopScript(itemID);
+                m_runFlags.Remove(itemID);
+            }
+
             return true;
         }
 
@@ -1568,6 +1578,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.XEngine
             IScriptInstance instance = GetInstance(itemID);
             if (instance != null)
                 instance.Start();
+            else
+                m_runFlags.AddOrUpdate(itemID, true, 240);
         }
 
         public void StopScript(UUID itemID)
@@ -1579,6 +1591,10 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.XEngine
                 // cause issues on mono 2.6, 2.10 and possibly later where locks are not released properly on abort.
                 instance.Stop(1000);
             }
+            else
+            {
+                m_runFlags.AddOrUpdate(itemID, false, 240);
+            }
         }
 
         public DetectParams GetDetectParams(UUID itemID, int idx)