diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index e34dbbf3c04..80bf182df5d 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -337,6 +337,8 @@ Release 2.4.0 - UNRELEASED
     transits from standby to active mode so as to assimilate any changes that
     happened while it was in standby mode. (Xuan Gong via vinodkv)
 
+    YARN-1760. TestRMAdminService assumes CapacityScheduler. (kasha)
+
 Release 2.3.1 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/TestRMAdminService.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/TestRMAdminService.java
index 60259cddbd5..7cb911135ce 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/TestRMAdminService.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/TestRMAdminService.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class TestRMAdminService {
 
-  private final Configuration configuration = new YarnConfiguration();
+  private Configuration configuration;;
   private MockRM rm = null;
   private FileSystem fs;
   private Path workingPath;
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public class TestRMAdminService {
 
   @Before
   public void setup() throws IOException {
-    Configuration.addDefaultResource(YarnConfiguration.CS_CONFIGURATION_FILE);
+    configuration = new YarnConfiguration();
     fs = FileSystem.get(configuration);
     workingPath =
         new Path(new File("target", this.getClass().getSimpleName()
@@ -94,9 +94,16 @@ public class TestRMAdminService {
     fs.delete(tmpDir, true);
   }
 
+  private void useCapacityScheduler() {
+    configuration.set(YarnConfiguration.RM_SCHEDULER,
+        CapacityScheduler.class.getCanonicalName());
+    configuration.addResource(YarnConfiguration.CS_CONFIGURATION_FILE);
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testAdminRefreshQueuesWithLocalConfigurationProvider()
       throws IOException, YarnException {
+    useCapacityScheduler();
     rm = new MockRM(configuration);
     rm.init(configuration);
     rm.start();
@@ -119,6 +126,7 @@ public class TestRMAdminService {
       throws IOException, YarnException {
     configuration.set(YarnConfiguration.RM_CONFIGURATION_PROVIDER_CLASS,
         "org.apache.hadoop.yarn.FileSystemBasedConfigurationProvider");
+    useCapacityScheduler();
     try {
       rm = new MockRM(configuration);
       rm.init(configuration);