diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 62436d3a4a8..308014eb077 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1378,6 +1378,9 @@ Release 0.23.0 - Unreleased
     MAPREDUCE-2998. Fixed a bug in TaskAttemptImpl which caused it to fork
     bin/mapred too many times. (vinodkv via acmurthy)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-3023. Fixed clients to display queue state correctly. (Ravi
+    Prakash via acmurthy) 
+
 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 a678e4660e7..9cbc9ad6d47 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
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationReport;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationState;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.NodeReport;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.QueueACL;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.QueueState;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.QueueUserACLInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.factories.RecordFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.factory.providers.RecordFactoryProvider;
@@ -290,6 +291,15 @@ public class TypeConverter {
         jobFile, trackingUrl);
   }
   
+  public static org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.QueueState fromYarn(
+      QueueState state) {
+    org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.QueueState qState = 
+      org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.QueueState.getState(
+        state.toString().toLowerCase());
+    return qState;
+  }
+
+  
   public static int fromYarn(JobState state) {
     switch (state) {
     case NEW:
@@ -431,9 +441,9 @@ public class TypeConverter {
   
   public static QueueInfo fromYarn(org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.QueueInfo 
       queueInfo, Configuration conf) {
-    return new QueueInfo(queueInfo.getQueueName(), 
-        queueInfo.toString(), QueueState.RUNNING, 
-        TypeConverter.fromYarnApps(queueInfo.getApplications(), conf));
+    return new QueueInfo(queueInfo.getQueueName(),queueInfo.toString(),
+        fromYarn(queueInfo.getQueueState()), TypeConverter.fromYarnApps(
+        queueInfo.getApplications(), conf));
   }
   
   public static QueueInfo[] fromYarnQueueInfo(
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 bda7fb9d658..1aeae987c80 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
@@ -19,11 +19,14 @@ package org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce;
 
 import junit.framework.Assert;
 
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationState;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationReport;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.impl.pb.ApplicationIdPBImpl;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.impl.pb.ApplicationReportPBImpl;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.impl.pb.QueueInfoPBImpl;
+
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -67,4 +70,14 @@ public class TestTypeConverter {
     Assert.assertEquals("jobId set incorrectly", 6789, status.getJobID().getId());
     Assert.assertEquals("state set incorrectly", JobStatus.State.KILLED, status.getState());
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testFromYarnQueueInfo() {
+    org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.QueueInfo queueInfo = new QueueInfoPBImpl();
+    queueInfo.setQueueState(org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.QueueState.STOPPED);
+    org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.QueueInfo returned =
+      TypeConverter.fromYarn(queueInfo, new Configuration());
+    Assert.assertEquals("queueInfo translation didn't work.",
+      returned.getState().toString(), queueInfo.getQueueState().toString().toLowerCase());
+  }
 }