Was a known issue which got fixed recently in EJB3 trunk http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&t=143931&start=10 View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4202750#4202750 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4202750