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/AbstractYarnScheduler.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/AbstractYarnScheduler.java
index d506f4d2cce..79caab0633a 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/AbstractYarnScheduler.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/AbstractYarnScheduler.java
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractYarnScheduler
 
   }
 
+  // TODO: Rename it to getCurrentApplicationAttempt
   public T getApplicationAttempt(ApplicationAttemptId applicationAttemptId) {
     SchedulerApplication<T> app = applications.get(
         applicationAttemptId.getApplicationId());
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/capacity/CapacityScheduler.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/CapacityScheduler.java
index 328698207dc..e4ca0031b83 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/CapacityScheduler.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/CapacityScheduler.java
@@ -903,6 +903,19 @@ public class CapacityScheduler extends
       ContainerUpdates updateRequests) {
     FiCaSchedulerApp application = getApplicationAttempt(applicationAttemptId);
     if (application == null) {
+      LOG.error("Calling allocate on removed or non existent application " +
+          applicationAttemptId.getApplicationId());
+      return EMPTY_ALLOCATION;
+    }
+
+    // The allocate may be the leftover from previous attempt, and it will
+    // impact current attempt, such as confuse the request and allocation for
+    // current attempt's AM container.
+    // Note outside precondition check for the attempt id may be
+    // outdated here, so double check it here is necessary.
+    if (!application.getApplicationAttemptId().equals(applicationAttemptId)) {
+      LOG.error("Calling allocate on previous or removed " +
+          "or non existent application attempt " + applicationAttemptId);
       return EMPTY_ALLOCATION;
     }
 
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/fair/FairScheduler.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/FairScheduler.java
index db02bab3a37..0f417c39519 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/FairScheduler.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/FairScheduler.java
@@ -835,8 +835,19 @@ public class FairScheduler extends
     // Make sure this application exists
     FSAppAttempt application = getSchedulerApp(appAttemptId);
     if (application == null) {
-      LOG.info("Calling allocate on removed " +
-          "or non existent application " + appAttemptId);
+      LOG.error("Calling allocate on removed or non existent application " +
+          appAttemptId.getApplicationId());
+      return EMPTY_ALLOCATION;
+    }
+
+    // The allocate may be the leftover from previous attempt, and it will
+    // impact current attempt, such as confuse the request and allocation for
+    // current attempt's AM container.
+    // Note outside precondition check for the attempt id may be
+    // outdated here, so double check it here is necessary.
+    if (!application.getApplicationAttemptId().equals(appAttemptId)) {
+      LOG.error("Calling allocate on previous or removed " +
+          "or non existent application attempt " + appAttemptId);
       return EMPTY_ALLOCATION;
     }
 
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/fifo/FifoScheduler.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fifo/FifoScheduler.java
index a8d4f48591f..92a88b925d9 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fifo/FifoScheduler.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fifo/FifoScheduler.java
@@ -329,8 +329,19 @@ public class FifoScheduler extends
       ContainerUpdates updateRequests) {
     FifoAppAttempt application = getApplicationAttempt(applicationAttemptId);
     if (application == null) {
-      LOG.error("Calling allocate on removed " +
-          "or non-existent application " + applicationAttemptId);
+      LOG.error("Calling allocate on removed or non existent application " +
+          applicationAttemptId.getApplicationId());
+      return EMPTY_ALLOCATION;
+    }
+
+    // The allocate may be the leftover from previous attempt, and it will
+    // impact current attempt, such as confuse the request and allocation for
+    // current attempt's AM container.
+    // Note outside precondition check for the attempt id may be
+    // outdated here, so double check it here is necessary.
+    if (!application.getApplicationAttemptId().equals(applicationAttemptId)) {
+      LOG.error("Calling allocate on previous or removed " +
+          "or non existent application attempt " + applicationAttemptId);
       return EMPTY_ALLOCATION;
     }
 
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/TestFairScheduler.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/TestFairScheduler.java
index 0d54c3322c8..941c215df4c 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/TestFairScheduler.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/TestFairScheduler.java
@@ -2107,49 +2107,49 @@ public class TestFairScheduler extends FairSchedulerTestBase {
     scheduler.init(conf);
     scheduler.start();
     scheduler.reinitialize(conf, resourceManager.getRMContext());
+    int minReqSize =
+        FairSchedulerConfiguration.DEFAULT_RM_SCHEDULER_INCREMENT_ALLOCATION_MB;
 
+    // First ask, queue1 requests 1 large (minReqSize * 2).
     ApplicationAttemptId id11 = createAppAttemptId(1, 1);
     createMockRMApp(id11);
-    scheduler.addApplication(id11.getApplicationId(), "root.queue1", "user1", false);
+    scheduler.addApplication(id11.getApplicationId(),
+        "root.queue1", "user1", false);
     scheduler.addApplicationAttempt(id11, false, false);
-    ApplicationAttemptId id21 = createAppAttemptId(2, 1);
-    createMockRMApp(id21);
-    scheduler.addApplication(id21.getApplicationId(), "root.queue2", "user1", false);
-    scheduler.addApplicationAttempt(id21, false, false);
-    ApplicationAttemptId id22 = createAppAttemptId(2, 2);
-    createMockRMApp(id22);
-
-    scheduler.addApplication(id22.getApplicationId(), "root.queue2", "user1", false);
-    scheduler.addApplicationAttempt(id22, false, false);
-
-    int minReqSize = 
-        FairSchedulerConfiguration.DEFAULT_RM_SCHEDULER_INCREMENT_ALLOCATION_MB;
-    
-    // First ask, queue1 requests 1 large (minReqSize * 2).
     List<ResourceRequest> ask1 = new ArrayList<ResourceRequest>();
-    ResourceRequest request1 =
-        createResourceRequest(minReqSize * 2, ResourceRequest.ANY, 1, 1, true);
+    ResourceRequest request1 = createResourceRequest(minReqSize * 2,
+        ResourceRequest.ANY, 1, 1, true);
     ask1.add(request1);
     scheduler.allocate(id11, ask1, new ArrayList<ContainerId>(),
         null, null, NULL_UPDATE_REQUESTS);
 
     // Second ask, queue2 requests 1 large.
+    ApplicationAttemptId id21 = createAppAttemptId(2, 1);
+    createMockRMApp(id21);
+    scheduler.addApplication(id21.getApplicationId(),
+        "root.queue2", "user1", false);
+    scheduler.addApplicationAttempt(id21, false, false);
     List<ResourceRequest> ask2 = new ArrayList<ResourceRequest>();
-    ResourceRequest request2 = createResourceRequest(2 * minReqSize, "foo", 1, 1,
-        false);
+    ResourceRequest request2 = createResourceRequest(2 * minReqSize,
+        "foo", 1, 1, false);
     ResourceRequest request3 = createResourceRequest(2 * minReqSize,
-            ResourceRequest.ANY, 1, 1, false);
+        ResourceRequest.ANY, 1, 1, false);
     ask2.add(request2);
     ask2.add(request3);
     scheduler.allocate(id21, ask2, new ArrayList<ContainerId>(),
         null, null, NULL_UPDATE_REQUESTS);
 
     // Third ask, queue2 requests 2 small (minReqSize).
+    ApplicationAttemptId id22 = createAppAttemptId(2, 2);
+    createMockRMApp(id22);
+    scheduler.addApplication(id22.getApplicationId(),
+        "root.queue2", "user1", false);
+    scheduler.addApplicationAttempt(id22, false, false);
     List<ResourceRequest> ask3 = new ArrayList<ResourceRequest>();
-    ResourceRequest request4 = createResourceRequest(minReqSize, "bar", 2, 2,
-            true);
+    ResourceRequest request4 = createResourceRequest(minReqSize,
+        "bar", 2, 2, true);
     ResourceRequest request5 = createResourceRequest(minReqSize,
-            ResourceRequest.ANY, 2, 2, true);
+        ResourceRequest.ANY, 2, 2, true);
     ask3.add(request4);
     ask3.add(request5);
     scheduler.allocate(id22, ask3, new ArrayList<ContainerId>(),