Yes, you are right. There is a call to the create() method of the home interface. I am aware that it is not a good practice but it would require a lot of refactoring to move it out of the ejbCreate() method, because there are many SLSBs. So, I am asking if someone has an idea how can we just make it work like it works in jboss 4.0.1- and the other app-servers in order to evade that refactoring View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4011869#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...