diff --git a/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/transaction/JtaTransactionManager.java b/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/transaction/JtaTransactionManager.java
index 90a54993c..3f5ac0159 100644
--- a/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/transaction/JtaTransactionManager.java
+++ b/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/transaction/JtaTransactionManager.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public final class JtaTransactionManager implements ExternalTransactionManager {
     return transactionManager.dataSource();
   }
 
-  private TransactionSynchronizationRegistry getSyncRegistry() {
+  private TransactionSynchronizationRegistry registry() {
     try {
       InitialContext ctx = new InitialContext();
       return (TransactionSynchronizationRegistry) ctx.lookup("java:comp/TransactionSynchronizationRegistry");
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public final class JtaTransactionManager implements ExternalTransactionManager {
     }
   }
 
-  private UserTransaction getUserTransaction() {
+  private UserTransaction userTransaction() {
     try {
       InitialContext ctx = new InitialContext();
       return (UserTransaction) ctx.lookup("java:comp/UserTransaction");
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public final class JtaTransactionManager implements ExternalTransactionManager {
    */
   @Override
   public Object getCurrentTransaction() {
-    TransactionSynchronizationRegistry syncRegistry = getSyncRegistry();
+    TransactionSynchronizationRegistry syncRegistry = registry();
     try {
       SpiTransaction t = (SpiTransaction) syncRegistry.getResource(EBEAN_TXN_RESOURCE);
       if (t != null) {
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public final class JtaTransactionManager implements ExternalTransactionManager {
       return currentEbeanTransaction;
     }
 
-    UserTransaction ut = getUserTransaction();
+    UserTransaction ut = userTransaction();
     if (ut == null) {
       // no current JTA transaction
       if (log.isLoggable(DEBUG)) {