diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 34389ac183f..963e45d4f7c 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ Release 2.4.0 - UNRELEASED
     MAPREDUCE-5724. JobHistoryServer does not start if HDFS is not running. 
     (tucu)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-5729. mapred job -list throws NPE (kasha)
+
 Release 2.3.0 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/TypeConverter.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/TypeConverter.java
index d62045ba2ca..6b4aa4ed1e4 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/TypeConverter.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/TypeConverter.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.api.records.TaskType;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.util.MRApps;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationReport;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationResourceUsageReport;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.FinalApplicationStatus;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.NodeReport;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.QueueACL;
@@ -445,11 +446,18 @@ public class TypeConverter {
     jobStatus.setStartTime(application.getStartTime());
     jobStatus.setFinishTime(application.getFinishTime());
     jobStatus.setFailureInfo(application.getDiagnostics());
-    jobStatus.setNeededMem(application.getApplicationResourceUsageReport().getNeededResources().getMemory());
-    jobStatus.setNumReservedSlots(application.getApplicationResourceUsageReport().getNumReservedContainers());
-    jobStatus.setNumUsedSlots(application.getApplicationResourceUsageReport().getNumUsedContainers());
-    jobStatus.setReservedMem(application.getApplicationResourceUsageReport().getReservedResources().getMemory());
-    jobStatus.setUsedMem(application.getApplicationResourceUsageReport().getUsedResources().getMemory());
+    ApplicationResourceUsageReport resourceUsageReport =
+        application.getApplicationResourceUsageReport();
+    if (resourceUsageReport != null) {
+      jobStatus.setNeededMem(
+          resourceUsageReport.getNeededResources().getMemory());
+      jobStatus.setNumReservedSlots(
+          resourceUsageReport.getNumReservedContainers());
+      jobStatus.setNumUsedSlots(resourceUsageReport.getNumUsedContainers());
+      jobStatus.setReservedMem(
+          resourceUsageReport.getReservedResources().getMemory());
+      jobStatus.setUsedMem(resourceUsageReport.getUsedResources().getMemory());
+    }
     return jobStatus;
   }
 
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/TestTypeConverter.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/TestTypeConverter.java
index ea3324e5023..cc42b9c220f 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/TestTypeConverter.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/TestTypeConverter.java
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import junit.framework.Assert;
-
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.JobStatus.State;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.api.records.JobId;
@@ -40,6 +38,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.QueueState;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.Resource;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.YarnApplicationState;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.Records;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.mockito.Mockito;
 
@@ -112,6 +111,14 @@ public class TestTypeConverter {
     when(mockReport.getUser()).thenReturn("dummy-user");
     when(mockReport.getQueue()).thenReturn("dummy-queue");
     String jobFile = "dummy-path/job.xml";
+
+    try {
+      JobStatus status = TypeConverter.fromYarn(mockReport, jobFile);
+    } catch (NullPointerException npe) {
+      Assert.fail("Type converstion from YARN fails for jobs without " +
+          "ApplicationUsageReport");
+    }
+
     ApplicationResourceUsageReport appUsageRpt = Records
         .newRecord(ApplicationResourceUsageReport.class);
     Resource r = Records.newRecord(Resource.class);