I get this exception as well. Is there any issue with dependency injection in EJBs when ejbtimeout is invoked? Thanks, Rod View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4259839#4259839 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4259839