diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/RMContextImpl.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/RMContextImpl.java
index ed9942bce2f..a549930e2bb 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/RMContextImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/RMContextImpl.java
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ public class RMContextImpl implements RMContext {
   private RMApplicationHistoryWriter rmApplicationHistoryWriter;
   private SystemMetricsPublisher systemMetricsPublisher;
 
+  private final Object haServiceStateLock = new Object();
+
   /**
    * Default constructor. To be used in conjunction with setter methods for
    * individual fields.
@@ -237,9 +239,9 @@ public class RMContextImpl implements RMContext {
     this.isHAEnabled = isHAEnabled;
   }
 
-  void setHAServiceState(HAServiceState haServiceState) {
-    synchronized (haServiceState) {
-      this.haServiceState = haServiceState;
+  void setHAServiceState(HAServiceState serviceState) {
+    synchronized (haServiceStateLock) {
+      this.haServiceState = serviceState;
     }
   }
 
@@ -335,7 +337,7 @@ public class RMContextImpl implements RMContext {
 
   @Override
   public HAServiceState getHAServiceState() {
-    synchronized (haServiceState) {
+    synchronized (haServiceStateLock) {
       return haServiceState;
     }
   }