diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index d722bdeb276..653325dbbf4 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1398,6 +1398,9 @@ Release 0.23.0 - Unreleased
 
     MAPREDUCE-3044. Pipes jobs stuck without making progress. (mahadev)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-2754. Fixed MR AM stdout, stderr and syslog to redirect to
+    correct log-files. (Ravi Teja Ch N V via vinodkv)
+
 Release 0.22.0 - Unreleased
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/MapReduceChildJVM.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/MapReduceChildJVM.java
index 4f2941a78cf..ce6557abd03 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/MapReduceChildJVM.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/MapReduceChildJVM.java
@@ -245,8 +245,8 @@ public class MapReduceChildJVM {
 
     // Finally add the jvmID
     vargs.add(String.valueOf(jvmID.getId()));
-    vargs.add("1>" + getTaskLogFile(TaskLog.LogName.STDERR));
-    vargs.add("2>" + getTaskLogFile(TaskLog.LogName.STDOUT));
+    vargs.add("1>" + getTaskLogFile(TaskLog.LogName.STDOUT));
+    vargs.add("2>" + getTaskLogFile(TaskLog.LogName.STDERR));
 
     // Final commmand
     StringBuilder mergedCommand = new StringBuilder();
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/MRJobConfig.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/MRJobConfig.java
index a022229fcda..c456d52deb9 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/MRJobConfig.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/MRJobConfig.java
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ public interface MRJobConfig {
   /** The log directory for the containers */
   public static final String TASK_LOG_DIR = MR_PREFIX + "container.log.dir";
   
-  public static final String TASK_LOG_SIZE = MR_PREFIX + "log.filesize";
+  public static final String TASK_LOG_SIZE = MR_PREFIX + "container.log.filesize";
   
   public static final String MAPREDUCE_V2_CHILD_CLASS = 
       "org.apache.hadoop.mapred.YarnChild";
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/YARNRunner.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/YARNRunner.java
index a8853b928ee..7a6443b6c90 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/YARNRunner.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/YARNRunner.java
@@ -310,9 +310,12 @@ public class YARNRunner implements ClientProtocol {
     // Setup the command to run the AM
     Vector<CharSequence> vargs = new Vector<CharSequence>(8);
     vargs.add(Environment.JAVA_HOME.$() + "/bin/java");
-    vargs.add("-Dhadoop.root.logger="
-        + conf.get(MRJobConfig.MR_AM_LOG_OPTS,
-            MRJobConfig.DEFAULT_MR_AM_LOG_OPTS) + ",console");
+    
+    long logSize = TaskLog.getTaskLogLength(new JobConf(conf));
+    vargs.add("-Dlog4j.configuration=container-log4j.properties");
+    vargs.add("-D" + MRJobConfig.TASK_LOG_DIR + "="
+        + ApplicationConstants.LOG_DIR_EXPANSION_VAR);
+    vargs.add("-D" + MRJobConfig.TASK_LOG_SIZE + "=" + logSize);
     
     vargs.add(conf.get(MRJobConfig.MR_AM_COMMAND_OPTS,
         MRJobConfig.DEFAULT_MR_AM_COMMAND_OPTS));