diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index aec4502c0ea..27d3a074677 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -240,6 +240,9 @@ Release 2.0.0 - UNRELEASED
     properly if no local node and first node is local rack node.
     (Junping Du)
 
+    HADOOP-8282. start-all.sh refers incorrectly start-dfs.sh
+    existence for starting start-yarn.sh. (Devaraj K via eli)
+
   BREAKDOWN OF HADOOP-7454 SUBTASKS
 
     HADOOP-7455. HA: Introduce HA Service Protocol Interface. (suresh)
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/bin/start-all.sh b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/bin/start-all.sh
index 9d579b29afa..f4047db4e22 100755
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/bin/start-all.sh
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/bin/start-all.sh
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ if [ -f "${HADOOP_HDFS_HOME}"/sbin/start-dfs.sh ]; then
 fi
 
 # start yarn daemons if yarn is present
-if [ -f "${YARN_HOME}"/sbin/start-dfs.sh ]; then
+if [ -f "${YARN_HOME}"/sbin/start-yarn.sh ]; then
   "${YARN_HOME}"/sbin/start-yarn.sh --config $HADOOP_CONF_DIR
 fi