diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/AllocationFileLoaderService.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/AllocationFileLoaderService.java
index 32cb2363607..56cc8873f65 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/AllocationFileLoaderService.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/AllocationFileLoaderService.java
@@ -181,7 +181,8 @@ public class AllocationFileLoaderService extends AbstractService {
    * path is relative, it is searched for in the
    * classpath, but loaded like a regular File.
    */
-  public Path getAllocationFile(Configuration conf)
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  Path getAllocationFile(Configuration conf)
       throws UnsupportedFileSystemException {
     String allocFilePath = conf.get(FairSchedulerConfiguration.ALLOCATION_FILE,
         FairSchedulerConfiguration.DEFAULT_ALLOCATION_FILE);