diff --git a/tomee/tomee-catalina/src/main/java/org/apache/tomee/catalina/LazyStopWebappClassLoader.java b/tomee/tomee-catalina/src/main/java/org/apache/tomee/catalina/LazyStopWebappClassLoader.java
index 22d7008..f58a71e 100644
--- a/tomee/tomee-catalina/src/main/java/org/apache/tomee/catalina/LazyStopWebappClassLoader.java
+++ b/tomee/tomee-catalina/src/main/java/org/apache/tomee/catalina/LazyStopWebappClassLoader.java
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@
                 return OpenEJB.class.getClassLoader().loadClass(name);
             } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
                 return super.loadClass(name);
+            } catch (NoClassDefFoundError ncdfe) {
+                return super.loadClass(name);
             }
         }
         return super.loadClass(name);