diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index e942e6689a..d60ceb467b 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ Release 2.5.0 - UNRELEASED
     YARN-1479. Invalid NaN values in Hadoop REST API JSON response (Chen He via
     jeagles)
 
+    YARN-1736. FS: AppSchedulable.assignContainer's priority argument is 
+    redundant. (Naren Koneru via kasha)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES 
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/AppSchedulable.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/AppSchedulable.java
index 146994b4f7..ac31fb5761 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/AppSchedulable.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/AppSchedulable.java
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ public void unreserve(Priority priority, FSSchedulerNode node) {
    * sure the particular request should be facilitated by this node.
    */
   private Resource assignContainer(FSSchedulerNode node,
-      Priority priority, ResourceRequest request, NodeType type,
+      ResourceRequest request, NodeType type,
       boolean reserved) {
 
     // How much does this request need?
@@ -216,25 +216,25 @@ private Resource assignContainer(FSSchedulerNode node,
     if (reserved) {
       container = node.getReservedContainer().getContainer();
     } else {
-      container = createContainer(app, node, capability, priority);
+      container = createContainer(app, node, capability, request.getPriority());
     }
 
     // Can we allocate a container on this node?
     if (Resources.fitsIn(capability, available)) {
       // Inform the application of the new container for this request
       RMContainer allocatedContainer =
-          app.allocate(type, node, priority, request, container);
+          app.allocate(type, node, request.getPriority(), request, container);
       if (allocatedContainer == null) {
         // Did the application need this resource?
         if (reserved) {
-          unreserve(priority, node);
+          unreserve(request.getPriority(), node);
         }
         return Resources.none();
       }
 
       // If we had previously made a reservation, delete it
       if (reserved) {
-        unreserve(priority, node);
+        unreserve(request.getPriority(), node);
       }
 
       // Inform the node
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ private Resource assignContainer(FSSchedulerNode node,
       return container.getResource();
     } else {
       // The desired container won't fit here, so reserve
-      reserve(priority, node, container, reserved);
+      reserve(request.getPriority(), node, container, reserved);
 
       return FairScheduler.CONTAINER_RESERVED;
     }
@@ -307,8 +307,8 @@ private Resource assignContainer(FSSchedulerNode node, boolean reserved) {
 
         if (rackLocalRequest != null && rackLocalRequest.getNumContainers() != 0
             && localRequest != null && localRequest.getNumContainers() != 0) {
-          return assignContainer(node, priority,
-              localRequest, NodeType.NODE_LOCAL, reserved);
+          return assignContainer(node, localRequest,
+              NodeType.NODE_LOCAL, reserved);
         }
         
         if (rackLocalRequest != null && !rackLocalRequest.getRelaxLocality()) {
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ private Resource assignContainer(FSSchedulerNode node, boolean reserved) {
         if (rackLocalRequest != null && rackLocalRequest.getNumContainers() != 0
             && (allowedLocality.equals(NodeType.RACK_LOCAL) ||
                 allowedLocality.equals(NodeType.OFF_SWITCH))) {
-          return assignContainer(node, priority, rackLocalRequest,
+          return assignContainer(node, rackLocalRequest,
               NodeType.RACK_LOCAL, reserved);
         }
 
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ private Resource assignContainer(FSSchedulerNode node, boolean reserved) {
         
         if (offSwitchRequest != null && offSwitchRequest.getNumContainers() != 0
             && allowedLocality.equals(NodeType.OFF_SWITCH)) {
-          return assignContainer(node, priority, offSwitchRequest,
+          return assignContainer(node, offSwitchRequest,
               NodeType.OFF_SWITCH, reserved);
         }
       }