I have reported this as an issue with a patch. http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/EJBTHREE-761 View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3980743#3980743 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3980743