NullPointerException in CorbaORBService while loading iiop-service.xml in JBoss EAP/SOA-P 5

Issue

• IIOP Service is not deploying in SOA-P 5

  DEPLOYMENTS IN ERROR:
    Deployment "vfsfile:/usr/local/jboss-soa-p.5.1/jboss-as/server/smmp-gps-default/deploy/iiop-service.xml" is in error due to the following reason(s): java.lang.NullPointerException
  

• NullPointerException while loading the IIOP service:

  ERROR [org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.AbstractKernelController] [main] Error installing to Start: name=jboss:service=CorbaORB state=Create mode=Manual requiredState=Installed
  java.lang.NullPointerException
      at java.util.Properties$LineReader.readLine(Properties.java:418)
      at java.util.Properties.load0(Properties.java:337)
      at java.util.Properties.load(Properties.java:325)
      at org.jboss.iiop.CorbaORBService.startService(CorbaORBService.java:190)
      ...