diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-slider/hadoop-yarn-slider-core/src/main/java/org/apache/slider/providers/docker/DockerProviderService.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-slider/hadoop-yarn-slider-core/src/main/java/org/apache/slider/providers/docker/DockerProviderService.java
index cc319eec3b0..e4a7cdf7c28 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-slider/hadoop-yarn-slider-core/src/main/java/org/apache/slider/providers/docker/DockerProviderService.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-slider/hadoop-yarn-slider-core/src/main/java/org/apache/slider/providers/docker/DockerProviderService.java
@@ -193,7 +193,8 @@ public void buildContainerLaunchContext(ContainerLauncher launcher,
         "/bin/bash"));
 
     operation.add("> " + ApplicationConstants.LOG_DIR_EXPANSION_VAR + "/"
-        + OUT_FILE + " 2>" + ERR_FILE);
+        + OUT_FILE + " 2>" + ApplicationConstants.LOG_DIR_EXPANSION_VAR + "/"
+        + ERR_FILE);
 
     launcher.addCommand(operation.build());