diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 3921821a1fb..26a4d2f6b20 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ Release 2.4.0 - UNRELEASED
     MAPREDUCE-5645. TestFixedLengthInputFormat fails with native libs (Mit
     Desai via jeagles)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-5632. TestRMContainerAllocator#testUpdatedNodes fails (jeagles)
+
 Release 2.3.0 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/TestRMContainerAllocator.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/TestRMContainerAllocator.java
index ee0544a0537..9a962364e92 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/TestRMContainerAllocator.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/TestRMContainerAllocator.java
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.fifo.FifoSchedule
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.Clock;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.SystemClock;
 import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
@@ -111,6 +112,12 @@ public class TestRMContainerAllocator {
   static final RecordFactory recordFactory = RecordFactoryProvider
       .getRecordFactory(null);
 
+  @Before
+  public void setup() {
+    MyContainerAllocator.getJobUpdatedNodeEvents().clear();
+    MyContainerAllocator.getTaskAttemptKillEvents().clear();
+  }
+
   @After
   public void tearDown() {
     DefaultMetricsSystem.shutdown();
@@ -770,6 +777,9 @@ public class TestRMContainerAllocator {
 
     nm1.nodeHeartbeat(true);
     dispatcher.await();
+    Assert.assertEquals(1, allocator.getJobUpdatedNodeEvents().size());
+    Assert.assertEquals(3, allocator.getJobUpdatedNodeEvents().get(0).getUpdatedNodes().size());
+    allocator.getJobUpdatedNodeEvents().clear();
     // get the assignment
     assigned = allocator.schedule();
     dispatcher.await();
@@ -1501,11 +1511,11 @@ public class TestRMContainerAllocator {
       return result;
     }
     
-    List<TaskAttemptKillEvent> getTaskAttemptKillEvents() {
+    static List<TaskAttemptKillEvent> getTaskAttemptKillEvents() {
       return taskAttemptKillEvents;
     }
     
-    List<JobUpdatedNodesEvent> getJobUpdatedNodeEvents() {
+    static List<JobUpdatedNodesEvent> getJobUpdatedNodeEvents() {
       return jobUpdatedNodeEvents;
     }