diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Monitoring/Watchdog.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Monitoring/Watchdog.cs
index 8a4894eb20..5fb725c79a 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Monitoring/Watchdog.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Monitoring/Watchdog.cs
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Monitoring
                     m_watchdogTimer.Dispose();
                     m_watchdogTimer = null;
                 }
-            
+                
                 foreach(ThreadWatchdogInfo twi in m_threads.Values)
                 {
                     Thread t = twi.Thread;
@@ -341,6 +341,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Monitoring
         /// <param name="e"></param>
         private static void WatchdogTimerElapsed(object sender, System.Timers.ElapsedEventArgs e)
         {
+            if(!m_enabled)
+                return;
             int now = Environment.TickCount & Int32.MaxValue;
             int msElapsed = now - LastWatchdogThreadTick;
 
@@ -358,21 +360,26 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Monitoring
                 List<ThreadWatchdogInfo> callbackInfos = null;
                 List<ThreadWatchdogInfo> threadsToRemove = null;
 
+                const ThreadState thgone = ThreadState.Stopped | ThreadState.Aborted | ThreadState.AbortRequested;
+
                 lock (m_threads)
                 {
                     foreach(ThreadWatchdogInfo threadInfo in m_threads.Values)
                     {
-                        if(threadInfo.Thread.ThreadState == ThreadState.Stopped)
+                        if(!m_enabled)
+                            return;
+                        if(!threadInfo.Thread.IsAlive || (threadInfo.Thread.ThreadState & thgone) != 0)
                         {
                             if(threadsToRemove == null)
                                 threadsToRemove = new List<ThreadWatchdogInfo>();
 
                             threadsToRemove.Add(threadInfo);
-
+/*
                             if(callbackInfos == null)
                                 callbackInfos = new List<ThreadWatchdogInfo>();
 
                             callbackInfos.Add(threadInfo);
+*/
                         }
                         else if(!threadInfo.IsTimedOut && now - threadInfo.LastTick >= threadInfo.Timeout)
                         {
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs
index 5977f40bf0..fcc87177a6 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs
@@ -511,8 +511,6 @@ namespace OpenSim
         private void WatchdogTimeoutHandler(Watchdog.ThreadWatchdogInfo twi)
         {
             int now = Environment.TickCount & Int32.MaxValue;
-            if(twi.Thread.ThreadState == System.Threading.ThreadState.Stopped)
-                return;
             m_log.ErrorFormat(
                 "[WATCHDOG]: Timeout detected for thread \"{0}\". ThreadState={1}. Last tick was {2}ms ago.  {3}",
                 twi.Thread.Name,