diff --git a/ejb/src/main/java/org/jboss/metadata/ejb/parser/jboss/ejb3/AbstractEJBBoundMetaDataParser.java b/ejb/src/main/java/org/jboss/metadata/ejb/parser/jboss/ejb3/AbstractEJBBoundMetaDataParser.java
index 099417848..c2c5551b2 100644
--- a/ejb/src/main/java/org/jboss/metadata/ejb/parser/jboss/ejb3/AbstractEJBBoundMetaDataParser.java
+++ b/ejb/src/main/java/org/jboss/metadata/ejb/parser/jboss/ejb3/AbstractEJBBoundMetaDataParser.java
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ protected void processElement(MD metaData, XMLStreamReader reader, final Propert
                         reader.getElementText();
                         return;
                     case EJB_NAME:
+                        if(metaData.getEjbName() != null) {
+                            throw unexpectedElement(reader);
+                        }
                         metaData.setEjbName(getElementText(reader, propertyReplacer));
                         return;
                 }