diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/resource/ResourceUtils.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/resource/ResourceUtils.java
index 5ed57123f95..997c2c01332 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/resource/ResourceUtils.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/resource/ResourceUtils.java
@@ -201,9 +201,9 @@ public class ResourceUtils {
   }
 
   @VisibleForTesting
-  static void initializeResourcesMap(Configuration conf,
-      Map<String, ResourceInformation> resourceInformationMap) {
+  static void initializeResourcesMap(Configuration conf) {
 
+    Map<String, ResourceInformation> resourceInformationMap = new HashMap<>();
     String[] resourceNames = conf.getStrings(YarnConfiguration.RESOURCE_TYPES);
 
     if (resourceNames != null && resourceNames.length != 0) {
@@ -339,19 +339,18 @@ public class ResourceUtils {
     if (!initializedResources) {
       synchronized (ResourceUtils.class) {
         if (!initializedResources) {
-          Map<String, ResourceInformation> resources = new HashMap<>();
           if (conf == null) {
             conf = new YarnConfiguration();
           }
           try {
             addResourcesFileToConf(resourceFile, conf);
             LOG.debug("Found " + resourceFile + ", adding to configuration");
-            initializeResourcesMap(conf, resources);
+            initializeResourcesMap(conf);
             initializedResources = true;
           } catch (FileNotFoundException fe) {
             LOG.info("Unable to find '" + resourceFile
                 + "'. Falling back to memory and vcores as resources", fe);
-            initializeResourcesMap(conf, resources);
+            initializeResourcesMap(conf);
             initializedResources = true;
           }
         }
@@ -414,11 +413,12 @@ public class ResourceUtils {
   }
 
   @VisibleForTesting
-  public static void resetResourceTypes(Configuration conf) {
+  public static Map<String, ResourceInformation>
+      resetResourceTypes(Configuration conf) {
     synchronized (ResourceUtils.class) {
       initializedResources = false;
     }
-    getResourceTypes(conf);
+    return getResourceTypes(conf);
   }
 
   public static String getUnits(String resourceValue) {
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/resource/TestResourceUtils.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/resource/TestResourceUtils.java
index b530150e56b..4e4671a6175 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/resource/TestResourceUtils.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/resource/TestResourceUtils.java
@@ -183,8 +183,9 @@ public class TestResourceUtils {
             YarnConfiguration.RESOURCE_TYPES + "." + resources[0] + ".units";
         conf.set(name, resources[1]);
       }
-      Map<String, ResourceInformation> ret = new HashMap<>();
-      ResourceUtils.initializeResourcesMap(conf, ret);
+      Map<String, ResourceInformation> ret =
+          ResourceUtils.resetResourceTypes(conf);
+
       // for test1, 4 - length will be 1, 4
       // for the others, len will be 3
       int len = 3;
@@ -248,9 +249,8 @@ public class TestResourceUtils {
             YarnConfiguration.RESOURCE_TYPES + "." + resources[0] + ".units";
         conf.set(name, resources[1]);
       }
-      Map<String, ResourceInformation> ret = new HashMap<>();
       try {
-        ResourceUtils.initializeResourcesMap(conf, ret);
+        ResourceUtils.initializeResourcesMap(conf);
         Assert.fail("resource map initialization should fail");
       } catch (Exception e) {
         // do nothing