diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Scene.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Scene.cs
index 50d0a724a1..0f96cf2a64 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Scene.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Scene.cs
@@ -1880,7 +1880,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
         {
             if (m_innerScene.DeleteSceneObject(uuid, resultOfLinkingObjects))
             {
-                m_storageManager.DataStore.RemoveObject(uuid, m_regInfo.RegionID);
+                if (!resultOfLinkingObjects)
+                    m_storageManager.DataStore.RemoveObject(uuid,
+                            m_regInfo.RegionID);
                 return true;
             }