Why the call to tm.suspend()? By marking the method with TransactionAttributeType.NEVER you're stating that there will not be a transaction in progress when the method is called. Maybe try using TransactionAttributeType.NOT_SUPPORTED instead of NEVER. That way, if the caller has an associated transaction it will be suspended and restarted after the method executes. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4047250#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...