diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index 8ef524f2548..83bd63c04da 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -872,6 +872,8 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     YARN-4140. RM container allocation delayed incase of app submitted to 
     Nodelabel partition. (Bibin A Chundatt via wangda)
 
+    YARN-4201. AMBlacklist does not work for minicluster. (Jun Gong via zxu)
+
 Release 2.7.2 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/attempt/RMAppAttemptImpl.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/attempt/RMAppAttemptImpl.java
index 962a810e0c2..73d2da04019 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/attempt/RMAppAttemptImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/attempt/RMAppAttemptImpl.java
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.rmapp.attempt.event.RMAppAt
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.rmcontainer.RMContainerImpl;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.rmnode.RMNodeFinishedContainersPulledByAMEvent;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.Allocation;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.SchedulerNode;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.YarnScheduler;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.event.AppAttemptAddedSchedulerEvent;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.event.AppAttemptRemovedSchedulerEvent;
@@ -1811,7 +1812,13 @@ public class RMAppAttemptImpl implements RMAppAttempt, Recoverable {
   }
 
   private void addAMNodeToBlackList(NodeId nodeId) {
-    blacklistedNodesForAM.addNode(nodeId.getHost().toString());
+    SchedulerNode schedulerNode = scheduler.getSchedulerNode(nodeId);
+    if (schedulerNode != null) {
+      blacklistedNodesForAM.addNode(schedulerNode.getNodeName());
+    } else {
+      LOG.info(nodeId + " is not added to AM blacklist for "
+          + applicationAttemptId + ", because it has been removed");
+    }
   }
 
   @Override
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/AbstractYarnScheduler.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/AbstractYarnScheduler.java
index 6a4efa184c8..949ec6b5640 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/AbstractYarnScheduler.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/AbstractYarnScheduler.java
@@ -604,6 +604,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractYarnScheduler
       SchedContainerChangeRequest decreaseRequest,
       SchedulerApplicationAttempt attempt);
 
+  @Override
   public SchedulerNode getSchedulerNode(NodeId nodeId) {
     return nodes.get(nodeId);
   }
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/YarnScheduler.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/YarnScheduler.java
index 0c2ae36021d..0aff6699915 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/YarnScheduler.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/YarnScheduler.java
@@ -352,4 +352,13 @@ public interface YarnScheduler extends EventHandler<SchedulerEvent> {
    * @return maximum priority of cluster
    */
   Priority getMaxClusterLevelAppPriority();
+
+  /**
+   * Get SchedulerNode corresponds to nodeId.
+   *
+   * @param nodeId the node id of RMNode
+   *
+   * @return SchedulerNode corresponds to nodeId
+   */
+  SchedulerNode getSchedulerNode(NodeId nodeId);
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/applicationsmanager/TestAMRestart.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/applicationsmanager/TestAMRestart.java
index 168280aacff..688ca9a38ad 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/applicationsmanager/TestAMRestart.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/applicationsmanager/TestAMRestart.java
@@ -383,6 +383,21 @@ public class TestAMRestart {
   public void testAMBlacklistPreventsRestartOnSameNode() throws Exception {
     YarnConfiguration conf = new YarnConfiguration();
     conf.setBoolean(YarnConfiguration.AM_BLACKLISTING_ENABLED, true);
+    testAMBlacklistPreventRestartOnSameNode(conf);
+  }
+
+  @Test(timeout = 100000)
+  public void testAMBlacklistPreventsRestartOnSameNodeForMinicluster()
+      throws Exception {
+    YarnConfiguration conf = new YarnConfiguration();
+    conf.setBoolean(YarnConfiguration.AM_BLACKLISTING_ENABLED, true);
+    conf.setBoolean(YarnConfiguration.RM_SCHEDULER_INCLUDE_PORT_IN_NODE_NAME,
+        true);
+    testAMBlacklistPreventRestartOnSameNode(conf);
+  }
+
+  private void testAMBlacklistPreventRestartOnSameNode(YarnConfiguration conf)
+      throws Exception{
     MemoryRMStateStore memStore = new MemoryRMStateStore();
     memStore.init(conf);
     final DrainDispatcher dispatcher = new DrainDispatcher();