diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index ecde27339b3..176d730efc8 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1217,6 +1217,9 @@ Release 0.23.0 - Unreleased
 
    MAPREDUCE-2908. Fix all findbugs warnings. (vinodkv via acmurthy) 
 
+   MAPREDUCE-2947. Fixed race condition in AuxiliaryServices. (vinodkv via
+   acmurthy) 
+
 Release 0.22.0 - Unreleased
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/protocolrecords/impl/pb/StartContainerResponsePBImpl.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/protocolrecords/impl/pb/StartContainerResponsePBImpl.java
index 4fbdf97c7c9..a01b11bac18 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/protocolrecords/impl/pb/StartContainerResponsePBImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/protocolrecords/impl/pb/StartContainerResponsePBImpl.java
@@ -48,20 +48,20 @@ public class StartContainerResponsePBImpl extends ProtoBase<StartContainerRespon
     viaProto = true;
   }
   
-  public StartContainerResponseProto getProto() {
+  public synchronized StartContainerResponseProto getProto() {
     mergeLocalToProto();
     proto = viaProto ? proto : builder.build();
     viaProto = true;
     return proto;
   }
 
-  private void mergeLocalToBuilder() {
+  private synchronized void mergeLocalToBuilder() {
     if (this.serviceResponse != null) {
       addServiceResponseToProto();
     }
   }
   
-  private void mergeLocalToProto() {
+  private synchronized void mergeLocalToProto() {
     if (viaProto) {
       maybeInitBuilder();
     }
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public class StartContainerResponsePBImpl extends ProtoBase<StartContainerRespon
     viaProto = true;
   }
 
-  private void maybeInitBuilder() {
+  private synchronized void maybeInitBuilder() {
     if (viaProto || builder == null) {
       builder = StartContainerResponseProto.newBuilder(proto);
     }
@@ -79,17 +79,17 @@ public class StartContainerResponsePBImpl extends ProtoBase<StartContainerRespon
    
 
   @Override
-  public Map<String, ByteBuffer> getAllServiceResponse() {
+  public synchronized Map<String, ByteBuffer> getAllServiceResponse() {
     initServiceResponse();
     return this.serviceResponse;
   }
   @Override
-  public ByteBuffer getServiceResponse(String key) {
+  public synchronized ByteBuffer getServiceResponse(String key) {
     initServiceResponse();
     return this.serviceResponse.get(key);
   }
   
-  private void initServiceResponse() {
+  private synchronized void initServiceResponse() {
     if (this.serviceResponse != null) {
       return;
     }
@@ -103,14 +103,14 @@ public class StartContainerResponsePBImpl extends ProtoBase<StartContainerRespon
   }
   
   @Override
-  public void addAllServiceResponse(final Map<String, ByteBuffer> serviceResponse) {
+  public synchronized void addAllServiceResponse(final Map<String, ByteBuffer> serviceResponse) {
     if (serviceResponse == null)
       return;
     initServiceResponse();
     this.serviceResponse.putAll(serviceResponse);
   }
   
-  private void addServiceResponseToProto() {
+  private synchronized void addServiceResponseToProto() {
     maybeInitBuilder();
     builder.clearServiceResponse();
     if (serviceResponse == null)
@@ -118,24 +118,24 @@ public class StartContainerResponsePBImpl extends ProtoBase<StartContainerRespon
     Iterable<StringBytesMapProto> iterable = new Iterable<StringBytesMapProto>() {
       
       @Override
-      public Iterator<StringBytesMapProto> iterator() {
+      public synchronized Iterator<StringBytesMapProto> iterator() {
         return new Iterator<StringBytesMapProto>() {
           
           Iterator<String> keyIter = serviceResponse.keySet().iterator();
           
           @Override
-          public void remove() {
+          public synchronized void remove() {
             throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
           }
           
           @Override
-          public StringBytesMapProto next() {
+          public synchronized StringBytesMapProto next() {
             String key = keyIter.next();
             return StringBytesMapProto.newBuilder().setKey(key).setValue(convertToProtoFormat(serviceResponse.get(key))).build();
           }
           
           @Override
-          public boolean hasNext() {
+          public synchronized boolean hasNext() {
             return keyIter.hasNext();
           }
         };
@@ -144,17 +144,17 @@ public class StartContainerResponsePBImpl extends ProtoBase<StartContainerRespon
     builder.addAllServiceResponse(iterable);
   }
   @Override
-  public void setServiceResponse(String key, ByteBuffer val) {
+  public synchronized void setServiceResponse(String key, ByteBuffer val) {
     initServiceResponse();
     this.serviceResponse.put(key, val);
   }
   @Override
-  public void removeServiceResponse(String key) {
+  public synchronized void removeServiceResponse(String key) {
     initServiceResponse();
     this.serviceResponse.remove(key);
   }
   @Override
-  public void clearServiceResponse() {
+  public synchronized void clearServiceResponse() {
     initServiceResponse();
     this.serviceResponse.clear();
   }
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/AuxServices.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/AuxServices.java
index 254ff2a6713..647f56a80bc 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/AuxServices.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/AuxServices.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
@@ -72,7 +73,14 @@ public class AuxServices extends AbstractService
    * the the name of the service as defined in the configuration.
    */
   public Map<String, ByteBuffer> getMeta() {
-    return Collections.unmodifiableMap(serviceMeta);
+    Map<String, ByteBuffer> metaClone = new HashMap<String, ByteBuffer>(
+        serviceMeta.size());
+    synchronized (serviceMeta) {
+      for (Entry<String, ByteBuffer> entry : serviceMeta.entrySet()) {
+        metaClone.put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue().duplicate());
+      }
+    }
+    return metaClone;
   }
 
   @Override