JBoss failed to start when adding system property org.apache.tomcat.util.ENABLE_MODELER=true along with using APR and NIO connectors in EAP 6.1.0 onwards

Issue

JBoss failed to start with the following ERROR when system property org.apache.tomcat.util.ENABLE_MODELER=true was added along with using Native APR and NIO connectors in EAP 6.1.x:

ERROR [org.apache.coyote.http11] (MSC service thread 1-2) JBWEB003044: Threadpool JMX registration failed: javax.management.MalformedObjectNameException: Invalid character ':' in value part of property
     at javax.management.ObjectName.construct(ObjectName.java:618) [rt.jar:1.7.0_25]
     at javax.management.ObjectName.<init>(ObjectName.java:1382) [rt.jar:1.7.0_25]
     at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol.start(Http11AprProtocol.java:120) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
     at org.apache.catalina.connector.Connector.start(Connector.java:1051) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
     at org.jboss.as.web.WebConnectorService.start(WebConnectorService.java:274) [jboss-as-web-7.2.1.Final-redhat-10.jar:7.2.1.Final-redhat-10]
     at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.startService(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1811) [jboss-msc-1.0.4.GA-redhat-1.jar:1.0.4.GA-redhat-1]
     at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1746) [jboss-msc-1.0.4.GA-redhat-1.jar:1.0.4.GA-redhat-1]
     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145) [rt.jar:1.7.0_25]
     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615) [rt.jar:1.7.0_25]
     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:724) [rt.jar:1.7.0_25]

ERROR [org.jboss.msc.service.fail] (MSC service thread 1-2) MSC000001: Failed to start service jboss.web.connector.http: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.web.connector.http: JBAS018007:Error starting web connector
     at org.jboss.as.web.WebConnectorService.start(WebConnectorService.java:277)
     at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.startService(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1811) [jboss-msc-1.0.4.GA-redhat-1.jar:1.0.4.GA-redhat-1]
     at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1746) [jboss-msc-1.0.4.GA-redhat-1.jar:1.0.4.GA-redhat-1]
     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145) [rt.jar:1.7.0_25]
     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615) [rt.jar:1.7.0_25]
     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:724) [rt.jar:1.7.0_25]
 Caused by: LifecycleException:  JBWEB000024: Protocol handler start failed
     at org.apache.catalina.connector.Connector.start(Connector.java:1053)
     at org.jboss.as.web.WebConnectorService.start(WebConnectorService.java:274)