Your jndi-pattern in components.xml is wrong - it should be ear-name/#{ejbName}/local View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4098506#4098506 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4098506