diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index cc1c9ca4544..34cdcf66ba3 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1096,6 +1096,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     YARN-4225. Add preemption status to yarn queue -status for capacity scheduler.
     (Eric Payne via wangda)
 
+    YARN-4416. Deadlock due to synchronised get Methods in AbstractCSQueue.
+    (Naganarasimha G R via wangda)
+
 Release 2.7.3 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
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/capacity/AbstractCSQueue.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/AbstractCSQueue.java
index 0d70e90e333..acd7ae9641a 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/AbstractCSQueue.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/AbstractCSQueue.java
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.nodelabels.RMNodeLabelsMana
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.ResourceLimits;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.ResourceUsage;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.SchedulerApplicationAttempt;
-import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.SchedContainerChangeRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.SchedulerUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.resource.ResourceCalculator;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.resource.Resources;
@@ -135,7 +134,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractCSQueue implements CSQueue {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public synchronized float getAbsoluteUsedCapacity() {
+  public float getAbsoluteUsedCapacity() {
     return queueCapacities.getAbsoluteUsedCapacity();
   }
 
@@ -154,7 +153,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractCSQueue implements CSQueue {
     return queueUsage.getUsed();
   }
 
-  public synchronized int getNumContainers() {
+  public int getNumContainers() {
     return numContainers;
   }
 
@@ -203,7 +202,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractCSQueue implements CSQueue {
   }
   
   @Override
-  public synchronized void setAbsoluteUsedCapacity(float absUsedCapacity) {
+  public void setAbsoluteUsedCapacity(float absUsedCapacity) {
     queueCapacities.setAbsoluteUsedCapacity(absUsedCapacity);
   }
 
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/capacity/LeafQueue.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/LeafQueue.java
index 6c273868736..6c70a69291c 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/LeafQueue.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/LeafQueue.java
@@ -109,9 +109,6 @@ public class LeafQueue extends AbstractCSQueue {
   // cache last cluster resource to compute actual capacity
   private Resource lastClusterResource = Resources.none();
   
-  // absolute capacity as a resource (based on cluster resource)
-  private Resource absoluteCapacityResource = Resources.none();
-  
   private final QueueResourceLimitsInfo queueResourceLimitsInfo =
       new QueueResourceLimitsInfo();
 
@@ -144,7 +141,6 @@ public class LeafQueue extends AbstractCSQueue {
     super.setupQueueConfigs(clusterResource);
     
     this.lastClusterResource = clusterResource;
-    updateAbsoluteCapacityResource(clusterResource);
     
     this.cachedResourceLimitsForHeadroom = new ResourceLimits(clusterResource);
     
@@ -346,10 +342,6 @@ public class LeafQueue extends AbstractCSQueue {
   public synchronized int getNumActiveApplications(String user) {
     return getUser(user).getActiveApplications();
   }
-  
-  public synchronized int getNumContainers() {
-    return numContainers;
-  }
 
   @Override
   public synchronized QueueState getState() {
@@ -1328,13 +1320,6 @@ public class LeafQueue extends AbstractCSQueue {
     }
   }
   
-  private void updateAbsoluteCapacityResource(Resource clusterResource) {
-    absoluteCapacityResource =
-        Resources.multiplyAndNormalizeUp(resourceCalculator, labelManager
-            .getResourceByLabel(RMNodeLabelsManager.NO_LABEL, clusterResource),
-            queueCapacities.getAbsoluteCapacity(), minimumAllocation);
-  }
-  
   private void updateCurrentResourceLimits(
       ResourceLimits currentResourceLimits, Resource clusterResource) {
     // TODO: need consider non-empty node labels when resource limits supports
@@ -1360,7 +1345,6 @@ public class LeafQueue extends AbstractCSQueue {
       ResourceLimits currentResourceLimits) {
     updateCurrentResourceLimits(currentResourceLimits, clusterResource);
     lastClusterResource = clusterResource;
-    updateAbsoluteCapacityResource(clusterResource);
     
     // Update headroom info based on new cluster resource value
     // absoluteMaxCapacity now,  will be replaced with absoluteMaxAvailCapacity