diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/api/impl/TestAMRMClient.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/api/impl/TestAMRMClient.java
index 06ba137d0c2..1b2bca32d25 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/api/impl/TestAMRMClient.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/api/impl/TestAMRMClient.java
@@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ public class TestAMRMClient {
         && receivedNMTokens.size() <= nodeCount);
     
     assertEquals(allocatedContainerCount, containersRequestedAny);
-    assertEquals(2, amClient.release.size());
+    assertEquals(2, releases.size());
     assertEquals(0, amClient.ask.size());
     
     // need to tell the AMRMClient that we dont need these resources anymore