Multiple EJB calls cause high CPU

"WorkerThread#72[127.0.0.1:49933]" prio=10 tid=0x096ca400 nid=0x5a25 runnable [0x5d967000..0x5d96a020]
   java.lang.Thread.State: RUNNABLE
     at my.ejb.method(ejb.java:#)
     at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor4802.invoke(Unknown Source)
     at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
     at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:112)
     at org.jboss.ejb3.interceptor.InvocationContextImpl.proceed(InvocationContextImpl.java:166)
     at org.jboss.ejb3.interceptor.EJB3InterceptorsInterceptor.invoke(EJB3InterceptorsInterceptor.java:63)
     at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101)
     at org.jboss.ejb3.connectionmanager.CachedConnectionInterceptor.invoke(CachedConnectionInterceptor.java:57)
     at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101)
     at org.jboss.ejb3.entity.TransactionScopedEntityManagerInterceptor.invoke(TransactionScopedEntityManagerInterceptor.java:54)
     at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101)
     at org.jboss.ejb3.AllowedOperationsInterceptor.invoke(AllowedOperationsInterceptor.java:47)
     at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101)
     at org.jboss.aspects.tx.TxPolicy.invokeInCallerTx(TxPolicy.java:126)
     at org.jboss.aspects.tx.TxInterceptor$Required.invoke(TxInterceptor.java:195)
     at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101)
     at org.jboss.aspects.tx.TxPropagationInterceptor.invoke(TxPropagationInterceptor.java:94)
     at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101)
     at org.jboss.ejb3.stateless.StatelessInstanceInterceptor.invoke(StatelessInstanceInterceptor.java:70)
     at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101)
     at org.jboss.aspects.security.AuthenticationInterceptor.invoke(AuthenticationInterceptor.java:77)
     at org.jboss.ejb3.security.Ejb3AuthenticationInterceptor.invoke(Ejb3AuthenticationInterceptor.java:108)
     at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101)
     at org.jboss.ejb3.ENCPropagationInterceptor.invoke(ENCPropagationInterceptor.java:46)
     at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101)
     at org.jboss.ejb3.asynchronous.AsynchronousInterceptor.invoke(AsynchronousInterceptor.java:106)
     at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101)
     at org.jboss.ejb3.stateless.StatelessContainer.dynamicInvoke(StatelessContainer.java:280)
     at org.jboss.ejb3.remoting.IsLocalInterceptor.invokeLocal(IsLocalInterceptor.java:81)
     at org.jboss.ejb3.remoting.IsLocalInterceptor.invoke(IsLocalInterceptor.java:72)
     at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101)
     at org.jboss.ejb3.stateless.StatelessRemoteProxy.invoke(StatelessRemoteProxy.java:107)
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