diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/api/impl/TestAMRMClient.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/api/impl/TestAMRMClient.java
index ff8b27cd9e4..23fe31b3daf 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/api/impl/TestAMRMClient.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/api/impl/TestAMRMClient.java
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ public class TestAMRMClient {
                   List<? extends Collection<ContainerRequest>> matches,
                   int matchSize) {
     assertEquals(1, matches.size());
-    assertEquals(matches.get(0).size(), matchSize);
+    assertEquals(matchSize, matches.get(0).size());
   }
   
   @Test (timeout=60000)
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/ClusterNodeTracker.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/ClusterNodeTracker.java
index 431b96304cb..484faef03b1 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/ClusterNodeTracker.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/ClusterNodeTracker.java
@@ -220,9 +220,15 @@ public class ClusterNodeTracker<N extends SchedulerNode> {
         return configuredMaxAllocation;
       }
 
-      return Resources.createResource(
-          Math.min(configuredMaxAllocation.getMemorySize(), maxNodeMemory),
-          Math.min(configuredMaxAllocation.getVirtualCores(), maxNodeVCores));
+      Resource ret = Resources.clone(configuredMaxAllocation);
+      if (ret.getMemorySize() > maxNodeMemory) {
+        ret.setMemorySize(maxNodeMemory);
+      }
+      if (ret.getVirtualCores() > maxNodeVCores) {
+        ret.setVirtualCores(maxNodeVCores);
+      }
+
+      return ret;
     } finally {
       readLock.unlock();
     }