diff --git a/OpenSim/ApplicationPlugins/Rest/Regions/GETHandler.cs b/OpenSim/ApplicationPlugins/Rest/Regions/GETHandler.cs
index ed18207216..dea166d2ec 100644
--- a/OpenSim/ApplicationPlugins/Rest/Regions/GETHandler.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/ApplicationPlugins/Rest/Regions/GETHandler.cs
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.ApplicationPlugins.Rest.Regions
 
         protected string RegionStats(OSHttpResponse httpResponse, Scene scene)
         {
-            int users = scene.GetAvatars().Count;
+            int users = scene.GetRootAgentCount();
             int objects = scene.Entities.Count - users;
 
             RestXmlWriter rxw = new RestXmlWriter(new StringWriter());
diff --git a/OpenSim/ApplicationPlugins/Rest/Regions/GETRegionInfoHandler.cs b/OpenSim/ApplicationPlugins/Rest/Regions/GETRegionInfoHandler.cs
index 5798286130..82e9d9b024 100644
--- a/OpenSim/ApplicationPlugins/Rest/Regions/GETRegionInfoHandler.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/ApplicationPlugins/Rest/Regions/GETRegionInfoHandler.cs
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.ApplicationPlugins.Rest.Regions
                     rxw.WriteString(s.RegionInfo.InternalEndPoint.ToString());
                     rxw.WriteEndAttribute();
                     
-                    int users = s.GetAvatars().Count;
+                    int users = s.GetRootAgentCount();
                     rxw.WriteStartAttribute(String.Empty, "avatars", String.Empty);
                     rxw.WriteValue(users);
                     rxw.WriteEndAttribute();
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
index ab0d39777c..e5e6fc9e8f 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
@@ -1523,7 +1523,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
         public void SaveTerrain()
         {
             m_storageManager.DataStore.StoreTerrain(Heightmap.GetDoubles(), RegionInfo.RegionID);
-        }
+        }
 
         public void StoreWindlightProfile(RegionMeta7WindlightData wl)
         {
@@ -4338,6 +4338,14 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
             return m_sceneGraph.GetAvatars();
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Cheaply return the number of avatars in a region (without fetching a list object)
+        /// </summary>
+        public int GetRootAgentCount()
+        {
+            return m_sceneGraph.GetRootAgentCount();
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Return a list of all ScenePresences in this region.  This returns child agents as well as root agents.
         /// This list is a new object, so it can be iterated over without locking.
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/LSL_Api.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/LSL_Api.cs
index 10ebf67b40..a76f386599 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/LSL_Api.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/LSL_Api.cs
@@ -5266,7 +5266,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared.Api
         public LSL_Integer llGetRegionAgentCount()
         {
             m_host.AddScriptLPS(1);
-            return new LSL_Integer(World.GetAvatars().Count);
+            return new LSL_Integer(World.GetRootAgentCount());
         }
 
         public LSL_Vector llGetRegionCorner()