diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/SecurityUtil.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/SecurityUtil.java
index 08dfaa1f064..a93ce5d69e7 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/SecurityUtil.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/SecurityUtil.java
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public class SecurityUtil {
    * For use only by tests and initialization
    */
   @InterfaceAudience.Private
-  static void setTokenServiceUseIp(boolean flag) {
+  public static void setTokenServiceUseIp(boolean flag) {
     useIpForTokenService = flag;
     hostResolver = !useIpForTokenService
         ? new QualifiedHostResolver()
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index e3c7845e9cf..5595b6ef8da 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -270,6 +270,9 @@ Release 2.0.5-beta - UNRELEASED
     MAPREDUCE-5257. Fix issues in TestContainerLauncherImpl after YARN-617.
     (Omkar Vinit Joshi via vinodkv)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-5261. Fix issues in TestRMContainerAllocator after YARN-617.
+    (Omkar Vinit Joshi via vinodkv)
+
 Release 2.0.4-alpha - 2013-04-25
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/TestRMContainerAllocator.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/TestRMContainerAllocator.java
index 332b88f3fa7..715bdaad5b9 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/TestRMContainerAllocator.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/TestRMContainerAllocator.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import junit.framework.Assert;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.CommonConfigurationKeys;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.MRJobConfig;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.api.records.JobId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.api.records.JobState;
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.util.MRBuilderUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.lib.DefaultMetricsSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.net.NetUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.net.NetworkTopology;
+import org.apache.hadoop.security.SecurityUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.Clock;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.ClusterInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.SystemClock;
@@ -100,6 +102,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.event.SchedulerEv
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.fifo.FifoScheduler;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.BuilderUtils;
 import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
@@ -110,9 +113,17 @@ public class TestRMContainerAllocator {
   static final RecordFactory recordFactory = RecordFactoryProvider
       .getRecordFactory(null);
 
+  @Before
+  public void setup() {
+    // This is done to make sure token service doesn't use ip.
+    SecurityUtil.setTokenServiceUseIp(false);
+  }
+
   @After
   public void tearDown() {
     DefaultMetricsSystem.shutdown();
+    SecurityUtil.setTokenServiceUseIp(
+        CommonConfigurationKeys.HADOOP_SECURITY_TOKEN_SERVICE_USE_IP_DEFAULT);
   }
 
   @Test