org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceNotFoundException: Service service jboss.ejb.default-resource-adapter-name-service not found

Issue

When deploying an MDB into JBoss EAP 6.x instance running with standalone.xml profile the following exception may be seen in the server log file:

16:37:22,899 ERROR [org.jboss.msc.service.fail] (MSC service thread 1-7) MSC000001: Failed to start service jboss.deployment.subunit."jboss-as-jms-wmq-mdb-ear.ear"."jboss-as-jms-wmq-mdb-ejb.jar".PARSE: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.deployment.subunit."jboss-as-jms-wmq-mdb-ear.ear"."jboss-as-jms-wmq-mdb-ejb.jar".PARSE: JBAS018733: Failed to process phase PARSE of subdeployment "jboss-as-jms-wmq-mdb-ejb.jar" of deployment "jboss-as-jms-wmq-mdb-ear.ear"
    at org.jboss.as.server.deployment.DeploymentUnitPhaseService.start(DeploymentUnitPhaseService.java:166) [jboss-as-server-7.5.9.Final-redhat-2.jar:7.5.9.Final-redhat-2]
    at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.startService(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1980) [jboss-msc-1.1.6.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.1.6.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1913) [jboss-msc-1.1.6.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.1.6.Final-redhat-1]
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) [rt.jar:1.8.0_92]
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) [rt.jar:1.8.0_92]
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [rt.jar:1.8.0_92]
Caused by: org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceNotFoundException: Service service jboss.ejb.default-resource-adapter-name-service not found
    at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceContainerImpl.getRequiredService(ServiceContainerImpl.java:626) [jboss-msc-1.1.6.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.1.6.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.jboss.as.ejb3.deployment.processors.MessageDrivenComponentDescriptionFactory.getDefaultResourceAdapterName(MessageDrivenComponentDescriptionFactory.java:275)
    at org.jboss.as.ejb3.deployment.processors.MessageDrivenComponentDescriptionFactory.processMessageBeans(MessageDrivenComponentDescriptionFactory.java:155)
    at org.jboss.as.ejb3.deployment.processors.MessageDrivenComponentDescriptionFactory.processAnnotations(MessageDrivenComponentDescriptionFactory.java:82)
    at org.jboss.as.ejb3.deployment.processors.AnnotatedEJBComponentDescriptionDeploymentUnitProcessor.processAnnotations(AnnotatedEJBComponentDescriptionDeploymentUnitProcessor.java:58)
    at org.jboss.as.ejb3.deployment.processors.AbstractDeploymentUnitProcessor.deploy(AbstractDeploymentUnitProcessor.java:81)
    at org.jboss.as.server.deployment.DeploymentUnitPhaseService.start(DeploymentUnitPhaseService.java:159) [jboss-as-server-7.5.9.Final-redhat-2.jar:7.5.9.Final-redhat-2]