### Eclipse Workspace Patch 1.0
#P metrotrunk
Index: src/main/java/org/jboss/wsf/stack/metro/InvokerEJB3.java
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--- src/main/java/org/jboss/wsf/stack/metro/InvokerEJB3.java	(revision 11086)
+++ src/main/java/org/jboss/wsf/stack/metro/InvokerEJB3.java	(working copy)
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 
+import javax.ejb.EJBAccessException;
 import javax.ejb.EJBException;
 import javax.xml.ws.Provider;
 import javax.xml.ws.WebFault;
@@ -109,9 +110,11 @@
       return retObj;
    }
 
-   private void handleException(Exception ex)
+   protected void handleException(Exception ex)
    throws InvocationTargetException, IllegalAccessException
    {
+      final Exception originalException = ex;   
+     
       //Unwrap EJBException
       if (ex instanceof EJBException)
          ex = ((EJBException)ex).getCausedByException();
@@ -122,6 +125,9 @@
       if (ex instanceof IllegalAccessException)
          throw (IllegalAccessException)ex;
       
+      if (ex == null && originalException instanceof EJBAccessException)
+         throw new IllegalAccessException(originalException.getMessage());
+      
       //check if this is a declared fault; Metro expects an InvocationTargetException
       //for declared faults also when calling an EJB3 endpoint
       if (ex.getClass().isAnnotationPresent(WebFault.class))