diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/AsyncSceneObjectGroupDeleter.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/AsyncSceneObjectGroupDeleter.cs
index 19ba5fa3e9..20cf3183f2 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/AsyncSceneObjectGroupDeleter.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/AsyncSceneObjectGroupDeleter.cs
@@ -114,7 +114,11 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
             }
         }            
 
-        private bool InventoryDeQueueAndDelete()
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Move the next object in the queue to inventory.  Then delete it properly from the scene.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public bool InventoryDeQueueAndDelete()
         {
             DeleteToInventoryHolder x = null;            
  
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Tests/SceneObjectTests.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Tests/SceneObjectTests.cs
index 1cc95fc8a6..a24161e5e1 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Tests/SceneObjectTests.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Tests/SceneObjectTests.cs
@@ -91,7 +91,12 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes.Tests
         {
             UUID agentId = UUID.Parse("00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001");
             
-            TestScene scene = SceneTestUtils.SetupScene();         
+            TestScene scene = SceneTestUtils.SetupScene();
+            
+            // Turn off the timer on the async sog deleter - we'll crank it by hand for this test.
+            AsyncSceneObjectGroupDeleter sogd = scene.SceneObjectGroupDeleter;
+            sogd.Enabled = false;
+                
             SceneObjectPart part = SceneTestUtils.AddSceneObject(scene);
             
             IClientAPI client = SceneTestUtils.AddRootAgent(scene, agentId);
@@ -99,6 +104,12 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes.Tests
             
             SceneObjectPart retrievedPart = scene.GetSceneObjectPart(part.LocalId);
             Assert.That(retrievedPart, Is.Not.Null);
+            
+            sogd.InventoryDeQueueAndDelete();
+            SceneObjectPart retrievedPart2 = scene.GetSceneObjectPart(part.LocalId);
+            Assert.That(retrievedPart2, Is.Null);    
+            
+            // TODO: test that the object actually made it successfully into inventory
         }
     }
 }
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