diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/RMAppImpl.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/RMAppImpl.java
index ce67f2e8e13..3f9f9c8103d 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/RMAppImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/RMAppImpl.java
@@ -1522,6 +1522,7 @@ public class RMAppImpl implements RMApp, Recoverable {
         app.handler.handle(
                 new RMNodeCleanAppEvent(nodeId, app.applicationId));
       }
+      app.ranNodes.clear();
       // Recovered apps that are completed were not added to scheduler, so no
       // need to remove them from scheduler.
       if (app.recoveredFinalState == null) {
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/TestRMAppTransitions.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/TestRMAppTransitions.java
index e5d7e3fb637..2e176cc9763 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/TestRMAppTransitions.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/TestRMAppTransitions.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.LocalResource;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.LocalResourceType;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.LocalResourceVisibility;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.LogAggregationContext;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.NodeId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.Priority;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ResourceRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.URL;
@@ -569,6 +570,7 @@ public class TestRMAppTransitions {
   protected RMApp testCreateAppAccepted(
       ApplicationSubmissionContext submissionContext) throws IOException {
     RMApp application = testCreateAppSubmittedNoRecovery(submissionContext);
+    NodeId nodeId = NodeId.newInstance("host", 1234);
     // SUBMITTED => ACCEPTED event RMAppEventType.APP_ACCEPTED
     RMAppEvent event = 
         new RMAppEvent(application.getApplicationId(), 
@@ -576,6 +578,8 @@ public class TestRMAppTransitions {
     application.handle(event);
     assertStartTimeSet(application);
     assertAppState(RMAppState.ACCEPTED, application);
+    application.handle(
+        new RMAppRunningOnNodeEvent(application.getApplicationId(), nodeId));
     return application;
   }
 
@@ -1089,6 +1093,7 @@ public class TestRMAppTransitions {
     rmDispatcher.await();
     assertTimesAtFinish(application);
     assertAppState(RMAppState.FINISHED, application);
+    Assert.assertEquals(0, application.getRanNodes().size());
     StringBuilder diag = application.getDiagnostics();
     Assert.assertEquals("application diagnostics is not correct",
         "", diag.toString());