diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 2c2f94b61c6..e2d5948cedc 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1760,6 +1760,9 @@ Release 0.23.0 - Unreleased
     MAPREDUCE-3284. Moved JobQueueClient to hadoop-mapreduce-client-core.
     (acmurthy) 
 
+    MAPREDUCE-3282. bin/mapred job -list throws exception. (acmurthy via 
+    mahadev)
+
 Release 0.22.0 - Unreleased
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/TypeConverter.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/TypeConverter.java
index 2e7a58784a9..a9382130735 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/TypeConverter.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/TypeConverter.java
@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@ public static List<TaskReport> fromYarn(
 
   public static JobStatus.State fromYarn(YarnApplicationState state) {
     switch (state) {
+    case NEW:
     case SUBMITTED:
       return State.PREP;
     case RUNNING:
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/TestTypeConverter.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/TestTypeConverter.java
index 03f0d2a2150..9bbd070768e 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/TestTypeConverter.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/TestTypeConverter.java
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 import junit.framework.Assert;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.api.records.JobState;
+import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.api.records.TaskState;
+import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.api.records.TaskType;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.YarnApplicationState;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationReport;
@@ -28,12 +31,38 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.impl.pb.ApplicationResourceUsageReportPBImpl;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.impl.pb.QueueInfoPBImpl;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.impl.pb.ResourcePBImpl;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.QueueState;
 
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class TestTypeConverter {
+  @Test
+  public void testEnums() throws Exception {
+    for (YarnApplicationState applicationState : YarnApplicationState.values()) {
+      TypeConverter.fromYarn(applicationState);
+    }
+    
+    for (TaskType taskType : TaskType.values()) {
+      TypeConverter.fromYarn(taskType);
+    }
+    
+    for (JobState jobState : JobState.values()) {
+      TypeConverter.fromYarn(jobState);
+    }
+    
+    for (QueueState queueState : QueueState.values()) {
+      TypeConverter.fromYarn(queueState);
+    }
+    
+    for (TaskState taskState : TaskState.values()) {
+      TypeConverter.fromYarn(taskState);
+    }
+    
+    
+  }
+  
   @Test
   public void testFromYarn() throws Exception {
     int appStartTime = 612354;