diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index f001675be1f..33b07adfba6 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ Release 2.7.3 - UNRELEASED
     YARN-4760. proxy redirect to history server uses wrong URL (Eric Badger
     via jlowe)
 
+    YARN-4785. inconsistent value type of the "type" field for LeafQueueInfo 
+    in response of RM REST API. (Varun Vasudev via junping_du)
+
 Release 2.7.2 - 2016-01-25
 
   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/webapp/dao/CapacitySchedulerInfo.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/dao/CapacitySchedulerInfo.java
index 5f323427447..8580f0515be 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/dao/CapacitySchedulerInfo.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/dao/CapacitySchedulerInfo.java
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.capacity.CSQueue;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.capacity.LeafQueue;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
 @XmlRootElement(name = "capacityScheduler")
 @XmlType(name = "capacityScheduler")
 @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
@@ -77,12 +80,30 @@ public class CapacitySchedulerInfo extends SchedulerInfo {
   }
 
   protected CapacitySchedulerQueueInfoList getQueues(CSQueue parent) {
-    CSQueue parentQueue = parent;
-    CapacitySchedulerQueueInfoList queuesInfo = new CapacitySchedulerQueueInfoList();
-    for (CSQueue queue : parentQueue.getChildQueues()) {
+    CapacitySchedulerQueueInfoList queuesInfo =
+        new CapacitySchedulerQueueInfoList();
+
+    // JAXB marashalling leads to situation where the "type" field injected
+    // for JSON changes from string to array depending on order of printing
+    // Issue gets fixed if all the leaf queues are marshalled before the
+    // non-leaf queues. See YARN-4785 for more details.
+    List<CSQueue> childQueues = new ArrayList<>();
+    List<CSQueue> childLeafQueues = new ArrayList<>();
+    List<CSQueue> childNonLeafQueues = new ArrayList<>();
+    for (CSQueue queue : parent.getChildQueues()) {
+      if (queue instanceof LeafQueue) {
+        childLeafQueues.add(queue);
+      } else {
+        childNonLeafQueues.add(queue);
+      }
+    }
+    childQueues.addAll(childLeafQueues);
+    childQueues.addAll(childNonLeafQueues);
+
+    for (CSQueue queue : childQueues) {
       CapacitySchedulerQueueInfo info;
       if (queue instanceof LeafQueue) {
-        info = new CapacitySchedulerLeafQueueInfo((LeafQueue)queue);
+        info = new CapacitySchedulerLeafQueueInfo((LeafQueue) queue);
       } else {
         info = new CapacitySchedulerQueueInfo(queue);
         info.queues = getQueues(queue);
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServicesCapacitySched.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServicesCapacitySched.java
index eb426795683..de0ec24b382 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServicesCapacitySched.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServicesCapacitySched.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.webapp.WebServicesTestUtils;
 import org.codehaus.jettison.json.JSONArray;
 import org.codehaus.jettison.json.JSONException;
 import org.codehaus.jettison.json.JSONObject;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
@@ -374,6 +375,8 @@ public class TestRMWebServicesCapacitySched extends JerseyTestBase {
         verifySubQueue(obj, q2, qi.absoluteCapacity, qi.absoluteMaxCapacity);
       }
     } else {
+      Assert.assertEquals("\"type\" field is incorrect",
+          "capacitySchedulerLeafQueueInfo", info.getString("type"));
       LeafQueueInfo lqi = (LeafQueueInfo) qi;
       lqi.numActiveApplications = info.getInt("numActiveApplications");
       lqi.numPendingApplications = info.getInt("numPendingApplications");