Using EAP 6.2 client jars to connect to AS 6.2 EAP fails with hang

java.lang.RuntimeException: Operation failed with status WAITING
  at org.jboss.ejb.client.remoting.IoFutureHelper.get(IoFutureHelper.java:94)
  at org.jboss.ejb.client.remoting.ConnectionPool.getConnection(ConnectionPool.java:77)
  at org.jboss.ejb.client.remoting.RemotingConnectionManager.getConnection(RemotingConnectionManager.java:51)
  at org.jboss.ejb.client.remoting.MaxAttemptsReconnectHandler.tryConnect(MaxAttemptsReconnectHandler.java:63)
  at org.jboss.ejb.client.remoting.EJBClientContextConnectionReconnectHandler.reconnect(EJBClientContextConnectionReconnectHandler.java:59)
  at org.jboss.ejb.client.EJBClientContext$ReconnectAttempt.run(EJBClientContext.java:1301)

    "Remoting "sap-iwp-01t1" read-1" prio=10 tid=0x00007f9b88022870 nid=0x4ab5 waiting for monitor entry [0x00007f9b245a4000]
   java.lang.Thread.State: BLOCKED (on object monitor)
    at org.jboss.as.ejb3.deployment.DeploymentRepository.removeListener(DeploymentRepository.java:104)
    - waiting to lock 0x00000000b007dfd0> (a org.jboss.as.ejb3.deployment.DeploymentRepository)

    "Remoting "sap-iwp-01t1" task-3" prio=10 tid=0x00007f9a40052ab0 nid=0x4cd8 in Object.wait() [0x00007f9b277f6000]
   java.lang.Thread.State: WAITING (on object monitor)
    at java.lang.Object.wait(Native Method)
    - waiting on 0x00000000ca35ff98> (a org.xnio.streams.BufferPipeOutputStream)
    at java.lang.Object.wait(Object.java:503)
    at org.jboss.remoting3.remote.OutboundMessage$1.accept(OutboundMessage.java:106)
    at org.xnio.streams.BufferPipeOutputStream.send(BufferPipeOutputStream.java:126)
...
    at org.jboss.as.ejb3.deployment.DeploymentRepository.addListener(DeploymentRepository.java:99)
    - locked 0x00000000b007dfd0> (a org.jboss.as.ejb3.deployment.DeploymentRepository)
    at org.jboss.as.ejb3.remote.protocol.versionone.VersionOneProtocolChannelReceiver.startReceiving(VersionOneProtocolChannelReceiver.java:97)

   
   ...

    static synchronized void setContextSelector(final ClassLoader classLoader, final String appServerURL, final String appServerUser, final String appServerPassword) {
    Properties props = new Properties();
    props.put("endpoint.name", "client-endpoint");
    props.put("remote.connectionprovider.create.options.org.xnio.Options.SSL_ENABLED", "false");
    props.put("remote.connections", "default");
    props.put("remote.connection.default.host", host);
    props.put("remote.connection.default.port", port);
    props.put("remote.connection.default.connect.options.org.xnio.Options.SASL_DISALLOWED_MECHANISMS", "JBOSS-LOCAL-USER");
    props.put("remote.connection.default.connect.options.org.xnio.Options.SASL_POLICY_NOANONYMOUS", "true");
    props.put("remote.connection.default.connect.options.org.xnio.Options.SASL_POLICY_NOPLAINTEXT", "false");
    props.put("remote.connection.default.username", appServerUser);
    props.put("remote.connection.default.password", appServerPassword);

    final Class c = Class.forName("org.jboss.ejb.client.EJBClientContext", false, classLoader);
    final Method m = c.getMethod("setSelector", new Class[]{Class.forName("org.jboss.ejb.client.ContextSelector")});
    m.invoke(null, new Object[]{createContextSelector(classLoader, props)});
  }

  private static Object createContextSelector(final ClassLoader classLoader, final Properties props) throws ClassNotFoundException, 
  NoSuchMethodException, InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException
  {
    final Class c1 = Class.forName("org.jboss.ejb.client.PropertiesBasedEJBClientConfiguration", false, classLoader);
    final Object o = c1.getConstructor(new Class[]{Properties.class}).newInstance(new Object[]{props});
    final Class c2 = Class.forName("org.jboss.ejb.client.remoting.ConfigBasedEJBClientContextSelector", false, classLoader);
    return c2.getConstructor(new Class[]{Class.forName("org.jboss.ejb.client.EJBClientConfiguration")}).newInstance(new Object[]{o});
  }