diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index cd3cc4d3981..45e2a20d5b8 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -69,3 +69,6 @@ Release 0.23.3 - Unreleased
     
     YARN-39. RM-NM secret-keys should be randomly generated and rolled every
     so often. (vinodkv and sseth via sseth)
+
+    YARN-31. Fix TestDelegationTokenRenewer to not depend on test order so as to
+    pass tests on jdk7. (Thomas Graves via vinodkv)
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/security/TestDelegationTokenRenewer.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/security/TestDelegationTokenRenewer.java
index 4184465451e..1c3614e46df 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/security/TestDelegationTokenRenewer.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/security/TestDelegationTokenRenewer.java
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ public class TestDelegationTokenRenewer {
     private static Token<?> lastRenewed = null;
     private static Token<?> tokenToRenewIn2Sec = null;
 
+    private static void reset() {
+      counter = 0;
+      lastRenewed = null;
+      tokenToRenewIn2Sec = null;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean handleKind(Text kind) {
       return KIND.equals(kind);
@@ -124,6 +130,7 @@ public class TestDelegationTokenRenewer {
 
   @Before
   public void setUp() throws Exception {
+    Renewer.reset();
     delegationTokenRenewer = new DelegationTokenRenewer();
     delegationTokenRenewer.init(conf);
     delegationTokenRenewer.start();
@@ -367,7 +374,7 @@ public class TestDelegationTokenRenewer {
 
     Credentials ts = new Credentials();
     MyToken token1 = dfs.getDelegationToken(new Text("user1"));
-    
+
     //to cause this one to be set for renew in 2 secs
     Renewer.tokenToRenewIn2Sec = token1; 
     LOG.info("token="+token1+" should be renewed for 2 secs");