diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/ResourceManager.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/ResourceManager.java
index 2f46d5e4614..944cb6d033c 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/ResourceManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/ResourceManager.java
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ public class ResourceManager extends CompositeService implements Recoverable {
   }
 
   private RMTimelineCollectorManager createRMTimelineCollectorManager() {
-    return new RMTimelineCollectorManager(rmContext);
+    return new RMTimelineCollectorManager(this);
   }
 
   protected SystemMetricsPublisher createSystemMetricsPublisher() {
@@ -504,7 +504,8 @@ public class ResourceManager extends CompositeService implements Recoverable {
         // we're dealing with the v.2.x publisher
         LOG.info("system metrics publisher with the timeline service V2 is " +
             "configured");
-        publisher = new TimelineServiceV2Publisher(rmContext);
+        publisher = new TimelineServiceV2Publisher(
+            rmContext.getRMTimelineCollectorManager());
       } else {
         // we're dealing with the v.1.x publisher
         LOG.info("system metrics publisher with the timeline service V1 is " +
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/metrics/TimelineServiceV2Publisher.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/metrics/TimelineServiceV2Publisher.java
index f3b495b4763..bc4cdd9e2f3 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/metrics/TimelineServiceV2Publisher.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/metrics/TimelineServiceV2Publisher.java
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.event.EventHandler;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.metrics.AppAttemptMetricsConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.metrics.ApplicationMetricsConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.metrics.ContainerMetricsConstants;
-import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.RMContext;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.RMServerUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.rmapp.RMApp;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.rmapp.RMAppImpl;
@@ -76,9 +75,10 @@ public class TimelineServiceV2Publisher extends AbstractSystemMetricsPublisher {
   private RMTimelineCollectorManager rmTimelineCollectorManager;
   private boolean publishContainerEvents;
 
-  public TimelineServiceV2Publisher(RMContext rmContext) {
+  public TimelineServiceV2Publisher(
+      RMTimelineCollectorManager timelineCollectorManager) {
     super("TimelineserviceV2Publisher");
-    rmTimelineCollectorManager = rmContext.getRMTimelineCollectorManager();
+    rmTimelineCollectorManager = timelineCollectorManager;
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/timelineservice/RMTimelineCollectorManager.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/timelineservice/RMTimelineCollectorManager.java
index 64c374910ff..c980458e854 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/timelineservice/RMTimelineCollectorManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/timelineservice/RMTimelineCollectorManager.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.exceptions.YarnRuntimeException;
-import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.RMContext;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.ResourceManager;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.rmapp.RMApp;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.timelineservice.collector.TimelineCollector;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.timelineservice.collector.TimelineCollectorContext;
@@ -41,16 +41,16 @@ public class RMTimelineCollectorManager extends TimelineCollectorManager {
   private static final Log LOG =
       LogFactory.getLog(RMTimelineCollectorManager.class);
 
-  private RMContext rmContext;
+  private ResourceManager rm;
 
-  public RMTimelineCollectorManager(RMContext rmContext) {
+  public RMTimelineCollectorManager(ResourceManager resourceManager) {
     super(RMTimelineCollectorManager.class.getName());
-    this.rmContext = rmContext;
+    this.rm = resourceManager;
   }
 
   @Override
   protected void doPostPut(ApplicationId appId, TimelineCollector collector) {
-    RMApp app = rmContext.getRMApps().get(appId);
+    RMApp app = rm.getRMContext().getRMApps().get(appId);
     if (app == null) {
       throw new YarnRuntimeException(
           "Unable to get the timeline collector context info for a " +
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/metrics/TestSystemMetricsPublisherForV2.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/metrics/TestSystemMetricsPublisherForV2.java
index b18a70221bc..593f422a7d3 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/metrics/TestSystemMetricsPublisherForV2.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/metrics/TestSystemMetricsPublisherForV2.java
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.metrics.AppAttemptMetricsConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.metrics.ApplicationMetricsConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.metrics.ContainerMetricsConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.RMContext;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.ResourceManager;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.rmapp.RMApp;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.rmapp.RMAppImpl;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.rmapp.RMAppMetrics;
@@ -101,11 +102,12 @@ public class TestSystemMetricsPublisherForV2 {
       FileContext.getLocalFSFileContext().delete(
           new Path(testRootDir.getAbsolutePath()), true);
     }
-
+    ResourceManager rm = mock(ResourceManager.class);
     RMContext rmContext = mock(RMContext.class);
     rmAppsMapInContext = new ConcurrentHashMap<ApplicationId, RMApp>();
     when(rmContext.getRMApps()).thenReturn(rmAppsMapInContext);
-    rmTimelineCollectorManager = new RMTimelineCollectorManager(rmContext);
+    when(rm.getRMContext()).thenReturn(rmContext);
+    rmTimelineCollectorManager = new RMTimelineCollectorManager(rm);
     when(rmContext.getRMTimelineCollectorManager()).thenReturn(
         rmTimelineCollectorManager);
 
@@ -117,12 +119,12 @@ public class TestSystemMetricsPublisherForV2 {
 
     dispatcher.init(conf);
     dispatcher.start();
-    metricsPublisher = new TimelineServiceV2Publisher(rmContext) {
-      @Override
-      protected Dispatcher getDispatcher() {
-        return dispatcher;
-      }
-    };
+    metricsPublisher =
+        new TimelineServiceV2Publisher(rmTimelineCollectorManager) {
+          @Override protected Dispatcher getDispatcher() {
+            return dispatcher;
+          }
+        };
     metricsPublisher.init(conf);
     metricsPublisher.start();
   }
@@ -166,7 +168,7 @@ public class TestSystemMetricsPublisherForV2 {
   public void testSystemMetricPublisherInitialization() {
     @SuppressWarnings("resource")
     TimelineServiceV2Publisher publisher =
-        new TimelineServiceV2Publisher(mock(RMContext.class));
+        new TimelineServiceV2Publisher(mock(RMTimelineCollectorManager.class));
     try {
       Configuration conf = getTimelineV2Conf();
       conf.setBoolean(YarnConfiguration.RM_PUBLISH_CONTAINER_EVENTS_ENABLED,
@@ -178,7 +180,8 @@ public class TestSystemMetricsPublisherForV2 {
 
       publisher.stop();
 
-      publisher = new TimelineServiceV2Publisher(mock(RMContext.class));
+      publisher = new TimelineServiceV2Publisher(
+          mock(RMTimelineCollectorManager.class));
       conf = getTimelineV2Conf();
       publisher.init(conf);
       assertTrue("Expected to have registered event handlers and set ready to "