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/FSContext.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/FSContext.java
index a4aa8f49eaa..eb76ca3f8fe 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/FSContext.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/FSContext.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public class FSContext {
   private boolean preemptionEnabled = false;
   private float preemptionUtilizationThreshold;
   private FSStarvedApps starvedApps;
-  private FairScheduler scheduler;
+  private final FairScheduler scheduler;
 
   FSContext(FairScheduler scheduler) {
     this.scheduler = scheduler;