diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/YarnConfiguration.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/YarnConfiguration.java
index 7c25be3db67..ac7e1687348 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/YarnConfiguration.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/YarnConfiguration.java
@@ -2806,15 +2806,18 @@ public class YarnConfiguration extends Configuration {
 
   public static final String FEDERATION_CACHE_TIME_TO_LIVE_SECS =
       FEDERATION_PREFIX + "cache-ttl.secs";
+  // 5 minutes
+  public static final int DEFAULT_FEDERATION_CACHE_TIME_TO_LIVE_SECS = 5 * 60;
+
+  public static final String FEDERATION_FLUSh_CACHE_FOR_RM_ADDR =
+      FEDERATION_PREFIX + "flush-cache-for-rm-addr";
+  public static final boolean DEFAULT_FEDERATION_FLUSh_CACHE_FOR_RM_ADDR = true;
 
   public static final String FEDERATION_REGISTRY_BASE_KEY =
       FEDERATION_PREFIX + "registry.base-dir";
   public static final String DEFAULT_FEDERATION_REGISTRY_BASE_KEY =
       "yarnfederation/";
 
-  // 5 minutes
-  public static final int DEFAULT_FEDERATION_CACHE_TIME_TO_LIVE_SECS = 5 * 60;
-
   public static final String FEDERATION_STATESTORE_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_SECS =
       FEDERATION_PREFIX + "state-store.heartbeat-interval-secs";
 
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/resources/yarn-default.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/resources/yarn-default.xml
index 24279f5ad7c..5225da27d1c 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/resources/yarn-default.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/resources/yarn-default.xml
@@ -2823,6 +2823,15 @@
    <value>300</value>
   </property>
 
+  <property>
+   <description>
+    Whether to flush FederationStateStoreFacade cache to get subcluster info
+    when FederationRMFailoverProxyProvider is performing failover.
+   </description>
+   <name>yarn.federation.flush-cache-for-rm-addr</name>
+   <value>true</value>
+  </property>
+
   <property>
     <description>The registry base directory for federation.</description>
     <name>yarn.federation.registry.base-dir</name>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/federation/failover/FederationRMFailoverProxyProvider.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/federation/failover/FederationRMFailoverProxyProvider.java
index c631208b783..b72b1993594 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/federation/failover/FederationRMFailoverProxyProvider.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/federation/failover/FederationRMFailoverProxyProvider.java
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ public class FederationRMFailoverProxyProvider<T>
   private FederationStateStoreFacade facade;
   private SubClusterId subClusterId;
   private UserGroupInformation originalUser;
-  private boolean federationFailoverEnabled = false;
+  private boolean federationFailoverEnabled;
+  private boolean flushFacadeCacheForYarnRMAddr;
 
   @Override
   public void init(Configuration configuration, RMProxy<T> proxy,
@@ -75,13 +76,16 @@ public class FederationRMFailoverProxyProvider<T>
     String clusterId = configuration.get(YarnConfiguration.RM_CLUSTER_ID);
     Preconditions.checkNotNull(clusterId, "Missing RM ClusterId");
     this.subClusterId = SubClusterId.newInstance(clusterId);
-    this.facade = facade.getInstance();
+    this.facade = FederationStateStoreFacade.getInstance();
     if (configuration instanceof YarnConfiguration) {
       this.conf = (YarnConfiguration) configuration;
     }
     federationFailoverEnabled =
         conf.getBoolean(YarnConfiguration.FEDERATION_FAILOVER_ENABLED,
             YarnConfiguration.DEFAULT_FEDERATION_FAILOVER_ENABLED);
+    flushFacadeCacheForYarnRMAddr =
+        conf.getBoolean(YarnConfiguration.FEDERATION_FLUSh_CACHE_FOR_RM_ADDR,
+            YarnConfiguration.DEFAULT_FEDERATION_FLUSh_CACHE_FOR_RM_ADDR);
 
     conf.setInt(
         CommonConfigurationKeysPublic.IPC_CLIENT_CONNECT_MAX_RETRIES_KEY,
@@ -119,7 +123,8 @@ public class FederationRMFailoverProxyProvider<T>
     try {
       LOG.info("Failing over to the ResourceManager for SubClusterId: {}",
           subClusterId);
-      subClusterInfo = facade.getSubCluster(subClusterId, isFailover);
+      subClusterInfo = facade.getSubCluster(subClusterId,
+          this.flushFacadeCacheForYarnRMAddr && isFailover);
       // updating the conf with the refreshed RM addresses as proxy
       // creations are based out of conf
       updateRMAddress(subClusterInfo);