diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/UDP/LLUDPServer.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/UDP/LLUDPServer.cs
index e879e7636f..8f8558d367 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/UDP/LLUDPServer.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/UDP/LLUDPServer.cs
@@ -2055,6 +2055,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ClientStack.LindenUDP
 
         private void IncomingPacketHandler()
         {
+            Thread.CurrentThread.Priority = ThreadPriority.Highest;
+
             // Set this culture for the thread that incoming packets are received
             // on to en-US to avoid number parsing issues
             Culture.SetCurrentCulture();
@@ -2100,6 +2102,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ClientStack.LindenUDP
 
         private void OutgoingPacketHandler()
         {
+            Thread.CurrentThread.Priority = ThreadPriority.Highest;
+
             // Set this culture for the thread that outgoing packets are sent
             // on to en-US to avoid number parsing issues
             Culture.SetCurrentCulture();
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/UDP/OutgoingQueueRefillEngine.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/UDP/OutgoingQueueRefillEngine.cs
index 069c9c8162..2ec17334b1 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/UDP/OutgoingQueueRefillEngine.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/UDP/OutgoingQueueRefillEngine.cs
@@ -217,6 +217,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ClientStack.LindenUDP
 
         private void ProcessRequests()
         {
+            Thread.CurrentThread.Priority = ThreadPriority.Highest;
+
             try
             {
                 while (IsRunning || m_requestQueue.Count > 0)