diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/LSL_Api.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/LSL_Api.cs
index e8d0bea4c6..e8bf5cf332 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/LSL_Api.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/LSL_Api.cs
@@ -3804,6 +3804,10 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared.Api
         public LSL_String llGetLinkName(int linknum)
         {
             m_host.AddScriptLPS(1);
+            // simplest case, this prims link number
+            if (linknum == m_host.LinkNum || linknum == ScriptBaseClass.LINK_THIS)
+                return m_host.Name;
+
             // parse for sitting avatare-names
             List<String> nametable = new List<String>();
             World.ForEachRootScenePresence(delegate(ScenePresence presence)
@@ -3827,10 +3831,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared.Api
                     return nametable[totalprims - linknum];
             }
 
-            // simplest case, this prims link number
-            if (linknum == m_host.LinkNum || linknum == ScriptBaseClass.LINK_THIS)
-                return m_host.Name;
-
             // Single prim
             if (m_host.LinkNum == 0)
             {