diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Communications/Hypergrid/HGInventoryService.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Communications/Hypergrid/HGInventoryService.cs
index a2b2c84f7d..5e3f229424 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Communications/Hypergrid/HGInventoryService.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Communications/Hypergrid/HGInventoryService.cs
@@ -81,30 +81,22 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Communications.Hypergrid
             {
                 m_RequestingInventory.Add(userID, callback);
 
+                string invServer = GetUserInventoryURI(userID);
+                m_log.InfoFormat(
+                    "[HGrid INVENTORY SERVICE]: Requesting inventory from {0}/GetInventory/ for user {1} ({2})",
+                    /*_inventoryServerUrl*/ invServer, userID, userID.Guid);
+
                 try
                 {
-                    string invServer = GetUserInventoryURI(userID);
-                    m_log.InfoFormat(
-                        "[HGrid INVENTORY SERVICE]: Requesting inventory from {0}/GetInventory/ for user {1} ({2})",
-                        /*_inventoryServerUrl*/ invServer, userID, userID.Guid);
 
-
-                    RestSessionObjectPosterResponse<Guid, InventoryCollection> requester
-                        = new RestSessionObjectPosterResponse<Guid, InventoryCollection>();
-                    requester.ResponseCallback = InventoryResponse;
-
-                    requester.BeginPostObject(invServer + "/GetInventory/", userID.Guid, session_id.ToString(), userID.ToString());
-
-                    //Test(userID.Guid);
-
-                    //RestObjectPosterResponse<InventoryCollection> requester
-                    //    = new RestObjectPosterResponse<InventoryCollection>();
+                    //RestSessionObjectPosterResponse<Guid, InventoryCollection> requester
+                    //    = new RestSessionObjectPosterResponse<Guid, InventoryCollection>();
                     //requester.ResponseCallback = InventoryResponse;
 
-                    //requester.BeginPostObject<Guid>(/*_inventoryServerUrl*/ invServer + "/GetInventory/", userID.Guid);
+                    //requester.BeginPostObject(invServer + "/GetInventory/", userID.Guid, session_id.ToString(), userID.ToString());
+                    GetInventoryDelegate d = GetInventoryAsync;
+                    d.BeginInvoke(invServer, userID, session_id, GetInventoryCompleted, d);
 
-                    //RestClient cli = new RestClient(invServer + "/GetInventory/" + userID.Guid);
-                    //Stream reply = cli.Request();
                 }
                 catch (WebException e)
                 {
@@ -133,6 +125,44 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Communications.Hypergrid
             
         }
 
+        private delegate InventoryCollection GetInventoryDelegate(string url, UUID userID, UUID sessionID);
+
+        protected InventoryCollection GetInventoryAsync(string url, UUID userID, UUID sessionID)
+        {
+            InventoryCollection icol = null;
+            try
+            {
+                icol = SynchronousRestSessionObjectPoster<Guid, InventoryCollection>.BeginPostObject("POST", url + "/GetInventory/", 
+                    userID.Guid, sessionID.ToString(), userID.ToString());
+
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                m_log.Debug("[HGrid]: Exception getting users inventory: " + e.Message);
+            }
+            if (icol == null)
+            {
+                // Well, let's synthesize one
+                icol = new InventoryCollection();
+                icol.UserID = userID;
+                icol.Items = new List<InventoryItemBase>();
+                icol.Folders = new List<InventoryFolderBase>();
+                InventoryFolderBase rootFolder = new InventoryFolderBase();
+                rootFolder.ID = UUID.Random();
+                rootFolder.Owner = userID;
+                icol.Folders.Add(rootFolder);
+            }
+
+            return icol;
+        }
+
+        private void GetInventoryCompleted(IAsyncResult iar)
+        {
+            GetInventoryDelegate icon = (GetInventoryDelegate)iar.AsyncState;
+            InventoryCollection icol = icon.EndInvoke(iar);
+            InventoryResponse(icol);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Add a new folder to the user's inventory
         /// </summary>
@@ -460,9 +490,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Communications.Hypergrid
                     m_log.ErrorFormat("[HGrid INVENTORY SERVICE]: Did not get back an inventory containing a root folder for user {0}", userID);
                 }
 
+                m_RequestingInventory.Remove(userID);
                 callback(folders, items);
 
-                m_RequestingInventory.Remove(userID);
             }
             else
             {
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Interfaces/IInterregionComms.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Interfaces/IInterregionComms.cs
index b57b5edf68..b5a93954bd 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Interfaces/IInterregionComms.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Interfaces/IInterregionComms.cs
@@ -91,11 +91,11 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Interfaces
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Create an object from the user's inventory in the destination region. 
-        /// This message is used primarily for prim crossing.
+        /// This message is used primarily by clients.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="regionHandle"></param>
-        /// <param name="sog"></param>
-        /// <param name="isLocalCall"></param>
+        /// <param name="userID"></param>
+        /// <param name="itemID"></param>
         /// <returns></returns>
         bool SendCreateObject(ulong regionHandle, UUID userID, UUID itemID);
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Hypergrid/HGAssetMapper.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Hypergrid/HGAssetMapper.cs
index b192101a7c..48ea5195be 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Hypergrid/HGAssetMapper.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Hypergrid/HGAssetMapper.cs
@@ -333,29 +333,26 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes.Hypergrid
 
         public InventoryItemBase Get(InventoryItemBase item, UUID rootFolder, CachedUserInfo userInfo)
         {
-            if (!IsLocalUser(item.Owner))
+            InventoryClient invCli = null;
+            string inventoryURL = UserInventoryURL(item.Owner);
+            if (!m_inventoryServers.TryGetValue(inventoryURL, out invCli))
             {
-                InventoryClient invCli = null;
-                string inventoryURL = UserInventoryURL(item.Owner);
-                if (!m_inventoryServers.TryGetValue(inventoryURL, out invCli))
+                m_log.Debug("[HGScene]: Starting new InventorytClient for " + inventoryURL);
+                invCli = new InventoryClient(inventoryURL);
+                m_inventoryServers.Add(inventoryURL, invCli);
+            }
+
+            item = invCli.GetInventoryItem(item);
+            if (item != null)
+            {
+                // Change the folder, stick it in root folder, all items flattened out here in this region cache
+                item.Folder = rootFolder;
+                //userInfo.AddItem(item); don't use this, it calls back to the inventory server
+                lock (userInfo.RootFolder.Items)
                 {
-                    m_log.Debug("[HGScene]: Starting new InventorytClient for " + inventoryURL);
-                    invCli = new InventoryClient(inventoryURL);
-                    m_inventoryServers.Add(inventoryURL, invCli);
+                    userInfo.RootFolder.Items[item.ID] = item;
                 }
 
-                item = invCli.GetInventoryItem(item);
-                if (item != null)
-                {
-                    // Change the folder, stick it in root folder, all items flattened out here in this region cache
-                    item.Folder = rootFolder;
-                    //userInfo.AddItem(item); don't use this, it calls back to the inventory server
-                    lock (userInfo.RootFolder.Items)
-                    {
-                        userInfo.RootFolder.Items[item.ID] = item;
-                    }
-
-                }
             }
             return item;
         }