diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/jobhistory/HistoryViewer.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/jobhistory/HistoryViewer.java
index bbb08de4112..5a55aba3787 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/jobhistory/HistoryViewer.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-core/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/jobhistory/HistoryViewer.java
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public HistoryViewer(String historyFile,
       final Configuration jobConf = new Configuration(conf);
       try {
         jobConf.addResource(fs.open(jobConfPath), jobConfPath.toString());
-        Limits.reset(jobConf);
+        Limits.reset(conf);
       } catch (FileNotFoundException fnf) {
         if (LOG.isWarnEnabled()) {
           LOG.warn("Missing job conf in history", fnf);