You are right. It is a bug. http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBCACHE-850 The fix is in 1.4.1 release. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3986374#3986374 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3986374