diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectGroup.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectGroup.cs
index 8f8afc1b68..62e743648a 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectGroup.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectGroup.cs
@@ -3064,13 +3064,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
         {
             if (linknum < 2)
             {
-                return linknum switch
-                {
-                    <0 => null,
-                    // old code and sl do ignore linknum = 0 on linksets with more than one prim
-                    0 => m_parts.Count > 1 ? null : RootPart,
-                    _ => RootPart
-                };
+                // unlike SL 0 or 1 will mean root
+                // one reason is that we do not consider siting avatars on root linknumber
+                return linknum < 0 ? null : RootPart;
             }
 
             Span<SceneObjectPart> parts = m_parts.GetArray().AsSpan();