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/fair/FairScheduler.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/FairScheduler.java
index 037cebf1734..43a47ae65fe 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/FairScheduler.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/FairScheduler.java
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.security.RMContainerTokenSe
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.resource.DefaultResourceCalculator;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.resource.DominantResourceCalculator;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.resource.ResourceCalculator;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.resource.ResourceUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.resource.Resources;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -1421,7 +1422,7 @@ public class FairScheduler extends
       }
 
       if (continuousSchedulingEnabled) {
-        // Contiuous scheduling is deprecated log it on startup
+        // Continuous scheduling is deprecated log it on startup
         LOG.warn("Continuous scheduling is turned ON. It is deprecated " +
             "because it can cause scheduler slowness due to locking issues. " +
             "Schedulers should use assignmultiple as a replacement.");
@@ -1534,6 +1535,12 @@ public class FairScheduler extends
     } catch (Exception e) {
       LOG.error("Failed to reload allocations file", e);
     }
+    try {
+      refreshMaximumAllocation(
+          ResourceUtils.fetchMaximumAllocationFromConfig(conf));
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      LOG.error("Failed to refresh maximum allocation", e);
+    }
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/TestFairSchedulerWithMultiResourceTypes.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/TestFairSchedulerWithMultiResourceTypes.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f9fcf5328f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/TestFairSchedulerWithMultiResourceTypes.java
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.fair;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.protocolrecords.ResourceTypes;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.Resource;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ResourceInformation;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.conf.YarnConfiguration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.resource.ResourceUtils;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import static org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.resource.ResourceUtils.MAXIMUM_ALLOCATION;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.resource.ResourceUtils.UNITS;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+public class TestFairSchedulerWithMultiResourceTypes
+    extends FairSchedulerTestBase {
+
+  private static final String CUSTOM_RESOURCE = "custom-resource";
+
+  @Before
+  public void setUp() throws IOException {
+    scheduler = new FairScheduler();
+    conf = createConfiguration();
+    initResourceTypes(conf);
+  }
+
+  @After
+  public void tearDown() {
+    if (scheduler != null) {
+      scheduler.stop();
+      scheduler = null;
+    }
+  }
+
+  private Configuration initResourceTypes(Configuration conf) {
+    Map<String, ResourceInformation> riMap = new HashMap<>();
+
+    // Initialize mandatory resources
+    ResourceInformation memory =
+        ResourceInformation.newInstance(ResourceInformation.MEMORY_MB.getName(),
+            ResourceInformation.MEMORY_MB.getUnits(),
+            YarnConfiguration.DEFAULT_RM_SCHEDULER_MINIMUM_ALLOCATION_MB,
+            YarnConfiguration.DEFAULT_RM_SCHEDULER_MAXIMUM_ALLOCATION_MB);
+    ResourceInformation vcores =
+        ResourceInformation.newInstance(ResourceInformation.VCORES.getName(),
+            ResourceInformation.VCORES.getUnits(),
+            YarnConfiguration.DEFAULT_RM_SCHEDULER_MINIMUM_ALLOCATION_VCORES,
+            YarnConfiguration.DEFAULT_RM_SCHEDULER_MAXIMUM_ALLOCATION_VCORES);
+    riMap.put(ResourceInformation.MEMORY_URI, memory);
+    riMap.put(ResourceInformation.VCORES_URI, vcores);
+    riMap.put(CUSTOM_RESOURCE, ResourceInformation.newInstance(CUSTOM_RESOURCE,
+        "", 0, ResourceTypes.COUNTABLE, 0, 3333L));
+
+    ResourceUtils.initializeResourcesFromResourceInformationMap(riMap);
+
+    return conf;
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testMaximumAllocationRefresh() throws IOException {
+    conf.set(YarnConfiguration.RESOURCE_TYPES, CUSTOM_RESOURCE);
+    conf.set(YarnConfiguration.RESOURCE_TYPES + "." + CUSTOM_RESOURCE + UNITS,
+        "k");
+    conf.setInt(YarnConfiguration.RESOURCE_TYPES + "." + CUSTOM_RESOURCE
+        + MAXIMUM_ALLOCATION, 10000);
+    conf.setInt(YarnConfiguration.RESOURCE_TYPES + "."
+        + ResourceInformation.VCORES.getName() + MAXIMUM_ALLOCATION, 4);
+    conf.setInt(
+        YarnConfiguration.RESOURCE_TYPES + "."
+            + ResourceInformation.MEMORY_MB.getName() + MAXIMUM_ALLOCATION,
+        512);
+    scheduler.init(conf);
+    scheduler.reinitialize(conf, null);
+
+    Resource maxAllowedAllocation =
+        scheduler.getNodeTracker().getMaxAllowedAllocation();
+    ResourceInformation customResource =
+        maxAllowedAllocation.getResourceInformation(CUSTOM_RESOURCE);
+    assertEquals(512, maxAllowedAllocation.getMemorySize());
+    assertEquals(4, maxAllowedAllocation.getVirtualCores());
+    assertEquals(10000, customResource.getValue());
+
+    conf = new YarnConfiguration();
+    conf.set(YarnConfiguration.RESOURCE_TYPES, CUSTOM_RESOURCE);
+    conf.set(YarnConfiguration.RESOURCE_TYPES + "." + CUSTOM_RESOURCE + UNITS,
+        "k");
+    conf.setInt(YarnConfiguration.RESOURCE_TYPES + "." + CUSTOM_RESOURCE
+        + MAXIMUM_ALLOCATION, 20000);
+    conf.setInt(YarnConfiguration.RESOURCE_TYPES + "."
+        + ResourceInformation.VCORES.getName() + MAXIMUM_ALLOCATION, 8);
+    conf.setInt(
+        YarnConfiguration.RESOURCE_TYPES + "."
+            + ResourceInformation.MEMORY_MB.getName() + MAXIMUM_ALLOCATION,
+        2048);
+    scheduler.reinitialize(conf, null);
+
+    maxAllowedAllocation = scheduler.getNodeTracker().getMaxAllowedAllocation();
+    customResource =
+        maxAllowedAllocation.getResourceInformation(CUSTOM_RESOURCE);
+    assertEquals(2048, maxAllowedAllocation.getMemorySize());
+    assertEquals(8, maxAllowedAllocation.getVirtualCores());
+    assertEquals(20000, customResource.getValue());
+  }
+
+}