Ales did a fix in EJB3 for that NPE which is released in 0.1.9. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4168249#4168249 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4168249