diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index 5dcd6432684..3d584dbd296 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ Release 2.6.1 - UNRELEASED
     YARN-2340. Fixed NPE when queue is stopped during RM restart.
     (Rohith Sharmaks via jianhe)
 
+    YARN-2992. ZKRMStateStore crashes due to session expiry. (Karthik Kambatla
+    via jianhe)
+
 Release 2.6.0 - 2014-11-18
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/recovery/ZKRMStateStore.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/recovery/ZKRMStateStore.java
index ab048cabc0d..1774b399005 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/recovery/ZKRMStateStore.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/recovery/ZKRMStateStore.java
@@ -1081,6 +1081,8 @@ public class ZKRMStateStore extends RMStateStore {
       switch (code) {
         case CONNECTIONLOSS:
         case OPERATIONTIMEOUT:
+        case SESSIONEXPIRED:
+        case SESSIONMOVED:
           return true;
         default:
           break;
@@ -1109,6 +1111,7 @@ public class ZKRMStateStore extends RMStateStore {
           if (shouldRetry(ke.code()) && ++retry < numRetries) {
             LOG.info("Retrying operation on ZK. Retry no. " + retry);
             Thread.sleep(zkRetryInterval);
+            createConnection();
             continue;
           }
           LOG.info("Maxed out ZK retries. Giving up!");