diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/UDP/LLUDPServer.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/UDP/LLUDPServer.cs
index 985aa4ddc3..0fa1c0ec07 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/UDP/LLUDPServer.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/UDP/LLUDPServer.cs
@@ -1371,9 +1371,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ClientStack.LindenUDP
                     // circuit code to the existing child agent.  This is not particularly obvious.
                     SendAckImmediate(endPoint, uccp.Header.Sequence);
             
-                    // We only want to send initial data to new clients, not ones which are being converted from child to root.
-                    if (client != null)
-                        client.SceneAgent.SendInitialDataToMe();
                 }
                 else
                 {
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/ScenePresence.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/ScenePresence.cs
index 215a6893df..be78bd0918 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/ScenePresence.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/ScenePresence.cs
@@ -1348,6 +1348,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
             // Create child agents in neighbouring regions
             if (openChildAgents && !IsChildAgent)
             {
+                SendInitialDataToMe();
+
                 IEntityTransferModule m_agentTransfer = m_scene.RequestModuleInterface<IEntityTransferModule>();
                 if (m_agentTransfer != null)
                     Util.FireAndForget(delegate { m_agentTransfer.EnableChildAgents(this); });
@@ -1355,6 +1357,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
                 IFriendsModule friendsModule = m_scene.RequestModuleInterface<IFriendsModule>();
                 if (friendsModule != null)
                     friendsModule.SendFriendsOnlineIfNeeded(ControllingClient);
+
             }
 
             // XXX: If we force an update here, then multiple attachments do appear correctly on a destination region