diff --git a/indra/newview/llvoavatar.cpp b/indra/newview/llvoavatar.cpp
index 8888879b8a93c7d71a1e44dbf4a764849f166a70..760eee17f30f3241e11517a3e20382147f4ecbf7 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llvoavatar.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llvoavatar.cpp
@@ -727,6 +727,8 @@ LLVOAvatar::LLVOAvatar(const LLUUID& id,
 	{
 	    LLSceneMonitor::getInstance()->freezeAvatar((LLCharacter*)this);
 	}
+
+	mVisuallyMuteSetting = getSavedVisualMuteSettings();
 }
 
 std::string LLVOAvatar::avString() const
@@ -9228,12 +9230,26 @@ void LLVOAvatar::calculateUpdateRenderComplexity()
     }
 }
 
+//static
+std::map<LLUUID, LLVOAvatar::VisualMuteSettings> LLVOAvatar::sVisuallyMuteSettingsMap;
+
 void LLVOAvatar::setVisualMuteSettings(VisualMuteSettings set)
 {
     mVisuallyMuteSetting = set;
     mNeedsImpostorUpdate = TRUE;
+    sVisuallyMuteSettingsMap[getID()] = set;
 }
 
+LLVOAvatar::VisualMuteSettings LLVOAvatar::getSavedVisualMuteSettings()
+{
+    std::map<LLUUID, VisualMuteSettings>::iterator iter = sVisuallyMuteSettingsMap.find(getID());
+    if (iter != sVisuallyMuteSettingsMap.end())
+    {
+        return iter->second;
+    }
+
+    return AV_RENDER_NORMALLY;
+}
 
 void LLVOAvatar::calcMutedAVColor()
 {
diff --git a/indra/newview/llvoavatar.h b/indra/newview/llvoavatar.h
index bd89d4ef23ab7b8bd2cad23d0a5546418deb6dc8..73e4fbd108bdbfa5b8b9c1443015f52d140e5a51 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llvoavatar.h
+++ b/indra/newview/llvoavatar.h
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ class LLVOAvatar :
 	};
 	void		setVisualMuteSettings(VisualMuteSettings set);
 	VisualMuteSettings  getVisualMuteSettings()						{ return mVisuallyMuteSetting;	};
+	VisualMuteSettings  getSavedVisualMuteSettings();
 
 	U32 		renderRigid();
 	U32 		renderSkinned();
@@ -440,6 +441,7 @@ class LLVOAvatar :
 
 	VisualMuteSettings		mVisuallyMuteSetting;			// Always or never visually mute this AV
 
+	static std::map<LLUUID, VisualMuteSettings> sVisuallyMuteSettingsMap;
 	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
 	// Morph masks
 	//--------------------------------------------------------------------