diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index ed4f895cfac..e289778254a 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -251,6 +251,9 @@ Release 0.23.6 - UNRELEASED
     YARN-225. Proxy Link in RM UI thows NPE in Secure mode 
     (Devaraj K via bobby)
 
+    YARN-293. Node Manager leaks LocalizerRunner object for every Container
+    (Robert Joseph Evans via jlowe)
+
 Release 0.23.5 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
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/localizer/ResourceLocalizationService.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/ResourceLocalizationService.java
index c21ef51e186..1a880fe8e6d 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/ResourceLocalizationService.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/ResourceLocalizationService.java
@@ -17,20 +17,27 @@
 */
 package org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.containermanager.localizer;
 
+import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.CreateFlag.CREATE;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.CreateFlag.OVERWRITE;
+
 import java.io.DataOutputStream;
 import java.io.File;
-
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
-
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Random;
 import java.util.concurrent.CancellationException;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletionService;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorCompletionService;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
@@ -41,36 +48,25 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadFactory;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
-import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileUtil;
-import org.apache.hadoop.security.Credentials;
-import org.apache.hadoop.security.token.Token;
-import org.apache.hadoop.security.token.TokenIdentifier;
-import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationId;
-import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ContainerId;
-import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.LocalResource;
-import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.LocalResourceVisibility;
-import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.conf.YarnConfiguration;
-
-import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.CreateFlag.CREATE;
-import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.CreateFlag.OVERWRITE;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
-import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
-
-import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.CommonConfigurationKeysPublic;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileContext;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.permission.FsPermission;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server;
+import org.apache.hadoop.security.Credentials;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation;
+import org.apache.hadoop.security.token.Token;
+import org.apache.hadoop.security.token.TokenIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.YarnException;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationId;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ContainerId;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.LocalResource;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.LocalResourceVisibility;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.conf.YarnConfiguration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.event.Dispatcher;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.event.EventHandler;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.factories.RecordFactory;
@@ -94,8 +90,8 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.containermanager.container.ContainerResourceFailedEvent;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.containermanager.localizer.event.ApplicationLocalizationEvent;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.containermanager.localizer.event.ContainerLocalizationCleanupEvent;
-import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.containermanager.localizer.event.LocalizationEvent;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.containermanager.localizer.event.ContainerLocalizationRequestEvent;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.containermanager.localizer.event.LocalizationEvent;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.containermanager.localizer.event.LocalizationEventType;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.containermanager.localizer.event.LocalizerEvent;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.containermanager.localizer.event.LocalizerEventType;
@@ -372,7 +368,9 @@ private void handleCleanupContainerResources(
         tracker.handle(new ResourceReleaseEvent(req, c.getContainerID()));
       }
     }
-
+    String locId = ConverterUtils.toString(c.getContainerID());
+    localizerTracker.cleanupPrivLocalizers(locId);
+    
     // Delete the container directories
     String userName = c.getUser();
     String containerIDStr = c.toString();
@@ -520,9 +518,8 @@ public void handle(LocalizerEvent event) {
           synchronized (privLocalizers) {
             LocalizerRunner localizer = privLocalizers.get(locId);
             if (null == localizer) {
-              LOG.info("Created localizer for " + req.getLocalizerId());
-              localizer = new LocalizerRunner(req.getContext(),
-                  req.getLocalizerId());
+              LOG.info("Created localizer for " + locId);
+              localizer = new LocalizerRunner(req.getContext(), locId);
               privLocalizers.put(locId, localizer);
               localizer.start();
             }
@@ -532,21 +529,21 @@ public void handle(LocalizerEvent event) {
           break;
         }
         break;
-      case ABORT_LOCALIZATION:
-        // 0) find running localizer, interrupt and remove
-        synchronized (privLocalizers) {
-          LocalizerRunner localizer = privLocalizers.get(locId);
-          if (null == localizer) {
-            return; // ignore; already gone
-          }
-          privLocalizers.remove(locId);
-          localizer.interrupt();
-        }
-        break;
       }
     }
 
+    public void cleanupPrivLocalizers(String locId) {
+      synchronized (privLocalizers) {
+        LocalizerRunner localizer = privLocalizers.get(locId);
+        if (null == localizer) {
+          return; // ignore; already gone
+        }
+        privLocalizers.remove(locId);
+        localizer.interrupt();
+      }
+    }
   }
+  
 
   private static ExecutorService createLocalizerExecutor(Configuration conf) {
     int nThreads = conf.getInt(
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/localizer/event/LocalizerEventType.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/event/LocalizerEventType.java
index eb033b9a3f0..8e70e999106 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/event/LocalizerEventType.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/event/LocalizerEventType.java
@@ -19,6 +19,5 @@
 
 public enum LocalizerEventType {
   /** See {@link LocalizerResourceRequestEvent} */
-  REQUEST_RESOURCE_LOCALIZATION,
-  ABORT_LOCALIZATION
+  REQUEST_RESOURCE_LOCALIZATION
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/TestResourceLocalizationService.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/TestResourceLocalizationService.java
index aa53a586d3b..b448dea5755 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/TestResourceLocalizationService.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/TestResourceLocalizationService.java
@@ -328,6 +328,8 @@ public void testResourceRelease() throws Exception {
       
       //Send Cleanup Event
       spyService.handle(new ContainerLocalizationCleanupEvent(c, req));
+      verify(mockLocallilzerTracker)
+        .cleanupPrivLocalizers("container_314159265358979_0003_01_000042");
       req2.remove(LocalResourceVisibility.PRIVATE);
       spyService.handle(new ContainerLocalizationCleanupEvent(c, req2));
       dispatcher.await();