diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index 479cfb7fbf7..a8860c9467e 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ Release 2.0.5-beta - UNRELEASED
 
     YARN-516. Fix failure in TestContainerLocalizer caused by HADOOP-9357.
     (Andrew Wang via vinodkv)
+
+    YARN-382. SchedulerUtils improve way normalizeRequest sets the resource
+    capabilities. (Zhijie Shen via bikas)
  
 Release 2.0.4-alpha - UNRELEASED
 
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/attempt/RMAppAttemptImpl.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/attempt/RMAppAttemptImpl.java
index c58613e70c8..33585927fad 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/attempt/RMAppAttemptImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/attempt/RMAppAttemptImpl.java
@@ -771,6 +771,11 @@ public class RMAppAttemptImpl implements RMAppAttempt, Recoverable {
       // Set the masterContainer
       appAttempt.setMasterContainer(amContainerAllocation.getContainers().get(
                                                                            0));
+      // Updating CLC's resource is no longer necessary once YARN-486 is
+      // completed, because nothing from Container to CLC will be copied into
+      // CLC then.
+      appAttempt.getSubmissionContext().getAMContainerSpec().setResource(
+          appAttempt.getMasterContainer().getResource());
 
       RMStateStore store = appAttempt.rmContext.getStateStore();
       appAttempt.storeAttempt(store);
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/SchedulerUtils.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/SchedulerUtils.java
index f651566d657..e1bb437763e 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/SchedulerUtils.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/SchedulerUtils.java
@@ -108,8 +108,7 @@ public class SchedulerUtils {
     Resource normalized = 
         Resources.normalize(
             resourceCalculator, ask.getCapability(), minimumResource);
-    ask.getCapability().setMemory(normalized.getMemory());
-    ask.getCapability().setVirtualCores(normalized.getVirtualCores());
+    ask.setCapability(normalized);
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/attempt/TestRMAppAttemptTransitions.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/attempt/TestRMAppAttemptTransitions.java
index f10e646b85d..0349b57cd52 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/attempt/TestRMAppAttemptTransitions.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/attempt/TestRMAppAttemptTransitions.java
@@ -202,9 +202,10 @@ public class TestRMAppAttemptTransitions {
     submissionContext = mock(ApplicationSubmissionContext.class);
     when(submissionContext.getUser()).thenReturn(user);
     when(submissionContext.getQueue()).thenReturn(queue);
-    ContainerLaunchContext amContainerSpec = mock(ContainerLaunchContext.class);
-    Resource resource = mock(Resource.class);
-    when(amContainerSpec.getResource()).thenReturn(resource);
+    Resource resource = BuilderUtils.newResource(1536, 1);
+    ContainerLaunchContext amContainerSpec =
+        BuilderUtils.newContainerLaunchContext(null, user, resource, null, null,
+            null, null, null, null);
     when(submissionContext.getAMContainerSpec()).thenReturn(amContainerSpec);
     
     unmanagedAM = false;
@@ -469,8 +470,10 @@ public class TestRMAppAttemptTransitions {
     
     // Mock the allocation of AM container 
     Container container = mock(Container.class);
+    Resource resource = BuilderUtils.newResource(2048, 1);
     when(container.getId()).thenReturn(
         BuilderUtils.newContainerId(applicationAttempt.getAppAttemptId(), 1));
+    when(container.getResource()).thenReturn(resource);
     Allocation allocation = mock(Allocation.class);
     when(allocation.getContainers()).
         thenReturn(Collections.singletonList(container));
@@ -491,6 +494,9 @@ public class TestRMAppAttemptTransitions {
     applicationAttempt.handle(
         new RMAppAttemptStoredEvent(
             applicationAttempt.getAppAttemptId(), null));
+    assertEquals(resource,
+        applicationAttempt.getSubmissionContext()
+        .getAMContainerSpec().getResource());
     
     testAppAttemptAllocatedState(container);
     
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/TestSchedulerUtils.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/TestSchedulerUtils.java
index bc806f60a2e..681e8d01698 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/TestSchedulerUtils.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/TestSchedulerUtils.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 package org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.Resource;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ResourceRequest;
@@ -43,35 +42,23 @@ public class TestSchedulerUtils {
 
     // case negative memory
     ask.setCapability(Resources.createResource(-1024));
-    Resource before = ask.getCapability();
     SchedulerUtils.normalizeRequest(ask, resourceCalculator, null, minResource);
-    Resource after = ask.getCapability();
     assertEquals(minMemory, ask.getCapability().getMemory());
-    assertTrue(before == after);
 
     // case zero memory
     ask.setCapability(Resources.createResource(0));
-    before = ask.getCapability();
     SchedulerUtils.normalizeRequest(ask, resourceCalculator, null, minResource);
-    after = ask.getCapability();
     assertEquals(minMemory, ask.getCapability().getMemory());
-    assertTrue(before == after);
 
     // case memory is a multiple of minMemory
     ask.setCapability(Resources.createResource(2 * minMemory));
-    before = ask.getCapability();
     SchedulerUtils.normalizeRequest(ask, resourceCalculator, null, minResource);
-    after = ask.getCapability();
     assertEquals(2 * minMemory, ask.getCapability().getMemory());
-    assertTrue(before == after);
 
     // case memory is not a multiple of minMemory
     ask.setCapability(Resources.createResource(minMemory + 10));
-    before = ask.getCapability();
     SchedulerUtils.normalizeRequest(ask, resourceCalculator, null, minResource);
-    after = ask.getCapability();
     assertEquals(2 * minMemory, ask.getCapability().getMemory());
-    assertTrue(before == after);
 
   }
   
@@ -86,33 +73,24 @@ public class TestSchedulerUtils {
 
     // case negative memory/vcores
     ask.setCapability(Resources.createResource(-1024, -1));
-    Resource before = ask.getCapability();
     SchedulerUtils.normalizeRequest(
         ask, resourceCalculator, clusterResource, minResource);
-    Resource after = ask.getCapability();
     assertEquals(minResource, ask.getCapability());
-    assertTrue(before == after);
 
     // case zero memory/vcores
     ask.setCapability(Resources.createResource(0, 0));
-    before = ask.getCapability();
     SchedulerUtils.normalizeRequest(
         ask, resourceCalculator, clusterResource, minResource);
-    after = ask.getCapability();
     assertEquals(minResource, ask.getCapability());
     assertEquals(1, ask.getCapability().getVirtualCores());
     assertEquals(1024, ask.getCapability().getMemory());
-    assertTrue(before == after);
 
     // case non-zero memory & zero cores
     ask.setCapability(Resources.createResource(1536, 0));
-    before = ask.getCapability();
     SchedulerUtils.normalizeRequest(
         ask, resourceCalculator, clusterResource, minResource);
-    after = ask.getCapability();
     assertEquals(Resources.createResource(2048, 1), ask.getCapability());
     assertEquals(1, ask.getCapability().getVirtualCores());
     assertEquals(2048, ask.getCapability().getMemory());
-    assertTrue(before == after);
   }
 }