diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index c8db6bb2557..fa3c7134e4c 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ Release 2.7.0 - UNRELEASED
     YARN-2712. TestWorkPreservingRMRestart: Augment FS tests with
     queue and headroom checks. (Tsuyoshi Ozawa via kasha)
 
+    YARN-2735. diskUtilizationPercentageCutoff and diskUtilizationSpaceCutoff 
+    are initialized twice in DirectoryCollection. (Zhihai Xu via kasha)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/DirectoryCollection.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/DirectoryCollection.java
index 279787bdf9b..c019aa9a3f9 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/DirectoryCollection.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/DirectoryCollection.java
@@ -146,8 +146,6 @@ class DirectoryCollection {
     errorDirs = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<String>();
     fullDirs = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<String>();
 
-    diskUtilizationPercentageCutoff = utilizationPercentageCutOff;
-    diskUtilizationSpaceCutoff = utilizationSpaceCutOff;
     diskUtilizationPercentageCutoff =
         utilizationPercentageCutOff < 0.0F ? 0.0F
             : (utilizationPercentageCutOff > 100.0F ? 100.0F