diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/linux/runtime/DefaultLinuxContainerRuntime.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/linux/runtime/DefaultLinuxContainerRuntime.java
index d8db6adecce..b5c933aff23 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/linux/runtime/DefaultLinuxContainerRuntime.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/linux/runtime/DefaultLinuxContainerRuntime.java
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ public class DefaultLinuxContainerRuntime implements LinuxContainerRuntime {
       launchOp.appendArgs(tcCommandFile);
     }
 
+    // Some failures here are acceptable. Let the calling executor decide.
+    launchOp.disableFailureLogging();
+
     //List<String> -> stored as List -> fetched/converted to List<String>
     //we can't do better here thanks to type-erasure
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
@@ -118,8 +121,6 @@ public class DefaultLinuxContainerRuntime implements LinuxContainerRuntime {
       privilegedOperationExecutor.executePrivilegedOperation(prefixCommands,
             launchOp, null, null, false, false);
     } catch (PrivilegedOperationException e) {
-      LOG.warn("Launch container failed. Exception: ", e);
-
       throw new ContainerExecutionException("Launch container failed", e
           .getExitCode(), e.getOutput(), e.getErrorOutput());
     }
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/linux/runtime/DockerLinuxContainerRuntime.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/linux/runtime/DockerLinuxContainerRuntime.java
index 33fdbd302b5..c04f02a39df 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/linux/runtime/DockerLinuxContainerRuntime.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/linux/runtime/DockerLinuxContainerRuntime.java
@@ -909,13 +909,13 @@ public class DockerLinuxContainerRuntime implements LinuxContainerRuntime {
     PrivilegedOperation launchOp = buildLaunchOp(ctx,
         commandFile, runCommand);
 
+    // Some failures here are acceptable. Let the calling executor decide.
+    launchOp.disableFailureLogging();
+
     try {
       privilegedOperationExecutor.executePrivilegedOperation(null,
           launchOp, null, null, false, false);
     } catch (PrivilegedOperationException e) {
-      LOG.warn("Launch container failed. Exception: ", e);
-      LOG.info("Docker command used: " + runCommand);
-
       throw new ContainerExecutionException("Launch container failed", e
           .getExitCode(), e.getOutput(), e.getErrorOutput());
     }
@@ -938,14 +938,14 @@ public class DockerLinuxContainerRuntime implements LinuxContainerRuntime {
       PrivilegedOperation launchOp = buildLaunchOp(ctx, commandFile,
           startCommand);
 
+      // Some failures here are acceptable. Let the calling executor decide.
+      launchOp.disableFailureLogging();
+
       try {
         privilegedOperationExecutor.executePrivilegedOperation(null,
             launchOp, null, null, false, false);
       } catch (PrivilegedOperationException e) {
-        LOG.warn("Relaunch container failed. Exception: ", e);
-        LOG.info("Docker command used: " + startCommand);
-
-        throw new ContainerExecutionException("Launch container failed", e
+        throw new ContainerExecutionException("Relaunch container failed", e
             .getExitCode(), e.getOutput(), e.getErrorOutput());
       }
     } else {