diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
index cb12d65c0a..054e17bae1 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
@@ -5739,9 +5739,13 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
 
             try
             {
-                if (!AuthorizeUser(aCircuit, false, out reason))
+                // If this is a hypergrid user, then we can't perform a successful groups access check here since this
+                // currently relies on a circuit being present in the AuthenticateHandler to construct a Hypergrid ID.
+                // This is only present in NewUserConnection() which entity transfer calls very soon after QueryAccess().
+                // Therefore, we'll defer to the check in NewUserConnection() instead.
+                if (!AuthorizeUser(aCircuit, !UserManagementModule.IsLocalGridUser(agentID), out reason))
                 {
-                    // m_log.DebugFormat("[SCENE]: Denying access for {0}", agentID);
+                    //m_log.DebugFormat("[SCENE]: Denying access for {0}", agentID);
                     return false;
                 }
             }