diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 6748d60a7f8..519871a224a 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -302,6 +302,9 @@ Release 0.23.1 - Unreleased
     MAPREDUCE-3530. Fixed an NPE occuring during scheduling in the
     ResourceManager. (Arun C Murthy via vinodkv)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-3484. Fixed JobEndNotifier to not get interrupted before completing
+    all its retries. (Ravi Prakash via vinodkv)
+
 Release 0.23.0 - 2011-11-01 
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/MRAppMaster.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/MRAppMaster.java
index f9de4bc5035..33c1fd3cc04 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/MRAppMaster.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/MRAppMaster.java
@@ -375,6 +375,16 @@ public void handle(JobFinishEvent event) {
       // this is the only job, so shut down the Appmaster
       // note in a workflow scenario, this may lead to creation of a new
       // job (FIXME?)
+      try {
+        LOG.info("Job end notification started for jobID : "
+          + job.getReport().getJobId());
+        JobEndNotifier notifier = new JobEndNotifier();
+        notifier.setConf(getConfig());
+        notifier.notify(job.getReport());
+      } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
+        LOG.warn("Job end notification interrupted for jobID : "
+          + job.getReport().getJobId(), ie );
+      }
 
       // TODO:currently just wait for some time so clients can know the
       // final states. Will be removed once RM come on.
@@ -390,16 +400,6 @@ public void handle(JobFinishEvent event) {
         stop();
 
         // Send job-end notification
-        try {
-          LOG.info("Job end notification started for jobID : "
-            + job.getReport().getJobId());
-          JobEndNotifier notifier = new JobEndNotifier();
-          notifier.setConf(getConfig());
-          notifier.notify(job.getReport());
-        } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
-          LOG.warn("Job end notification interrupted for jobID : "
-            + job.getReport().getJobId(), ie );
-        }
       } catch (Throwable t) {
         LOG.warn("Graceful stop failed ", t);
       }
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/TestJobEndNotifier.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/TestJobEndNotifier.java
index 46cb11e9241..3cf6ea9c70c 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/TestJobEndNotifier.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/TestJobEndNotifier.java
@@ -96,13 +96,20 @@ public void testNotifyRetries() throws InterruptedException {
     conf.set(MRJobConfig.MR_JOB_END_NOTIFICATION_URL, "http://nonexistent");
     conf.set(MRJobConfig.MR_JOB_END_NOTIFICATION_MAX_ATTEMPTS, "3");
     conf.set(MRJobConfig.MR_JOB_END_RETRY_ATTEMPTS, "3");
+    conf.set(MRJobConfig.MR_JOB_END_RETRY_INTERVAL, "3");
+    conf.set(MRJobConfig.MR_JOB_END_NOTIFICATION_MAX_RETRY_INTERVAL, "3");
     JobReport jobReport = Mockito.mock(JobReport.class);
 
+    long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
     this.notificationCount = 0;
     this.setConf(conf);
     this.notify(jobReport);
+    long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
     Assert.assertEquals("Only 3 retries were expected but was : "
       + this.notificationCount, this.notificationCount, 3);
+    Assert.assertTrue("Should have taken more than 9 seconds it took "
+      + (endTime - startTime), endTime - startTime > 9000);
+
   }
 
 }