diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/TestYarnVersionInfo.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/TestYarnVersionInfo.java
index 0e70adf08eb..47ee8220071 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/TestYarnVersionInfo.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/TestYarnVersionInfo.java
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ public class TestYarnVersionInfo {
     // make sure they aren't Unknown
     assertTrue("getVersion returned Unknown", !YarnVersionInfo.getVersion().equals("Unknown"));
     assertTrue("getUser returned Unknown", !YarnVersionInfo.getUser().equals("Unknown"));
-    assertTrue("getUrl returned Unknown", !YarnVersionInfo.getUrl().equals("Unknown"));
     assertTrue("getSrcChecksum returned Unknown", !YarnVersionInfo.getSrcChecksum().equals("Unknown"));
 
     // these could be Unknown if the VersionInfo generated from code not in svn or git
     // so just check that they return something
+    assertNotNull("getUrl returned null", YarnVersionInfo.getUrl());
     assertNotNull("getRevision returned null", YarnVersionInfo.getRevision());
     assertNotNull("getBranch returned null", YarnVersionInfo.getBranch());