diff --git a/ejb3/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/ejb3/component/EJBComponentCreateService.java b/ejb3/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/ejb3/component/EJBComponentCreateService.java
index daf21d7..d2ebdba 100644
--- a/ejb3/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/ejb3/component/EJBComponentCreateService.java
+++ b/ejb3/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/ejb3/component/EJBComponentCreateService.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+
 import javax.ejb.TimerService;
 import javax.ejb.TransactionAttributeType;
 import javax.ejb.TransactionManagementType;
@@ -231,7 +232,7 @@
         String className = method.getDeclaringClass().getName();
         String methodName = method.getName();
         TransactionAttributeType txAttr = ejbComponentDescription.getTransactionAttributes().getAttribute(methodIntf, className, methodName, toString(method.getParameterTypes()));
-        if (txAttr != TransactionAttributeType.REQUIRED) {
+        if (txAttr != null) {
             txAttrs.put(new MethodTransactionAttributeKey(methodIntf, MethodIdentifier.getIdentifierForMethod(method)), txAttr);
         }
         Integer txTimeout = ejbComponentDescription.getTransactionTimeouts().getAttribute(methodIntf, className, methodName, toString(method.getParameterTypes()));
@@ -243,7 +244,7 @@
     private static String[] toString(Class<?>[] a) {
         final String[] result = new String[a.length];
         for (int i = 0; i < result.length; i++) {
-            result[i] = a[i].getName();
+            result[i] = a[i].getCanonicalName();
         }
         return result;
     }
diff --git a/ejb3/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/ejb3/component/EJBComponentDescription.java b/ejb3/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/ejb3/component/EJBComponentDescription.java
index f32cb0b..d257523 100644
--- a/ejb3/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/ejb3/component/EJBComponentDescription.java
+++ b/ejb3/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/ejb3/component/EJBComponentDescription.java
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
         this.addCurrentInvocationContextFactory();
         // setup a dependency on EJB remote tx repository service, if this EJB exposes at least one remote view
         this.addRemoteTransactionsRepositoryDependency();
-        this.transactionAttributes = new ApplicableMethodInformation<TransactionAttributeType>(componentName, TransactionAttributeType.REQUIRED);
+        this.transactionAttributes = new ApplicableMethodInformation<TransactionAttributeType>(componentName, null);
         this.transactionTimeouts = new ApplicableMethodInformation<Integer>(componentName, null);
         this.descriptorMethodPermissions = new ApplicableMethodInformation<EJBMethodSecurityAttribute>(componentName, null);
         this.annotationMethodPermissions = new ApplicableMethodInformation<EJBMethodSecurityAttribute>(componentName, null);