It's a bug, thanks for pointing this out. https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/EJBTHREE-1677 View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4200882#4200882 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4200882