diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/Job.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/Job.java
index 45c065da5e4..84d90deff6f 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/Job.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/Job.java
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ public class Job extends JobContextImpl implements JobContext {
       this.status = ugi.doAs(new PrivilegedExceptionAction<JobStatus>() {
         @Override
         public JobStatus run() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
-          return cluster.getClient().getJobStatus(status.getJobID());
+          return cluster.getClient().getJobStatus(getJobID());
         }
       });
     }