diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/AbstractCSQueue.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/AbstractCSQueue.java
index 5757d02f187..9c22a1219ee 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/AbstractCSQueue.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/AbstractCSQueue.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
@@ -455,6 +456,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractCSQueue implements CSQueue {
         minimumAllocation);
   }
 
+  public boolean hasChildQueues() {
+    List<CSQueue> childQueues = getChildQueues();
+    return childQueues != null && !childQueues.isEmpty();
+  }
+
   synchronized boolean canAssignToThisQueue(Resource clusterResource,
       String nodePartition, ResourceLimits currentResourceLimits,
       Resource resourceCouldBeUnreserved, SchedulingMode schedulingMode) {
@@ -479,7 +485,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractCSQueue implements CSQueue {
     // When queue is a parent queue: Headroom = limit - used + killable
     // When queue is a leaf queue: Headroom = limit - used (leaf queue cannot preempt itself)
     Resource usedExceptKillable = nowTotalUsed;
-    if (null != getChildQueues() && !getChildQueues().isEmpty()) {
+    if (hasChildQueues()) {
       usedExceptKillable = Resources.subtract(nowTotalUsed,
           getTotalKillableResource(nodePartition));
     }
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/ParentQueue.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/ParentQueue.java
index d81a8ba5300..680f01e7c5b 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/ParentQueue.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/ParentQueue.java
@@ -774,7 +774,12 @@ public class ParentQueue extends AbstractCSQueue {
     CSQueueUtils.updateQueueStatistics(resourceCalculator, clusterResource,
         minimumAllocation, this, labelManager, null);
   }
-  
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean hasChildQueues() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public synchronized List<CSQueue> getChildQueues() {
     return new ArrayList<CSQueue>(childQueues);