diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneGraph.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneGraph.cs
index ab0ec1f025..18fe151ef0 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneGraph.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneGraph.cs
@@ -1669,7 +1669,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
                 {
                     SceneObjectGroup copy = originPrim.Copy(AgentID, GroupID, true);
                     copy.AbsolutePosition = copy.AbsolutePosition + offset;
-                    copy.ResetIDs();
 
                     lock (Entities)
                     {
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneObjectGroup.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneObjectGroup.cs
index 2d62d6606d..82ab4ebdf2 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneObjectGroup.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneObjectGroup.cs
@@ -591,17 +591,19 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
         {
             m_scene = scene;                        
             RegionHandle = m_scene.RegionInfo.RegionHandle;
-            
+
             m_rootPart.ParentID = 0;
-            m_rootPart.LocalId = m_scene.AllocateLocalId();
+	    if (m_rootPart.LocalId==0)
+		m_rootPart.LocalId = m_scene.AllocateLocalId();
             
+
             // No need to lock here since the object isn't yet in a scene
             foreach (SceneObjectPart part in m_parts.Values)
             {
                 if (Object.ReferenceEquals(part, m_rootPart))
                     continue;
-                
-                part.LocalId = m_scene.AllocateLocalId();
+                if (part.LocalId==0) 
+		    part.LocalId = m_scene.AllocateLocalId();
                 part.ParentID = m_rootPart.LocalId;
                 //m_log.DebugFormat("[SCENE]: Given local id {0} to part {1}, linknum {2}, parent {3} {4}", part.LocalId, part.UUID, part.LinkNum, part.ParentID, part.ParentUUID);
             }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs
index a626fa300d..96ee1691a0 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs
@@ -1223,7 +1223,6 @@ if (m_shape != null) {
             if (userExposed)
                 dupe.UUID = UUID.Random();
 
-            dupe.LocalId = localID;
             dupe._ownerID = AgentID;
             dupe._groupID = GroupID;
             dupe.GroupPosition = GroupPosition;
@@ -1245,6 +1244,8 @@ if (m_shape != null) {
             if (userExposed)
                 dupe.ResetIDs(linkNum);
 
+	    // Move afterwards ResetIDs as it clears the localID
+            dupe.LocalId = localID;
             // This may be wrong...    it might have to be applied in SceneObjectGroup to the object that's being duplicated.
             dupe._lastOwnerID = ObjectOwner;
 
@@ -1927,6 +1928,7 @@ if (m_shape != null) {
         {
             UUID = UUID.Random();
             LinkNum = linkNum;
+	    LocalId = 0;
 
             ResetInventoryIDs();
         }