diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/Resource.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/Resource.java
index 173d4c9e77..3cac1d1a3c 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/Resource.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/Resource.java
@@ -76,17 +76,6 @@ public abstract class Resource implements Comparable<Resource> {
   @Private
   public static final int VCORES_INDEX = 1;
 
-  /**
-   * Return a new {@link Resource} instance with all resource values
-   * initialized to {@code value}.
-   * @param value the value to use for all resources
-   * @return a new {@link Resource} instance
-   */
-  @Private
-  @Unstable
-  public static Resource newInstance(long value) {
-    return new LightWeightResource(value);
-  }
 
   @Public
   @Stable
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/impl/LightWeightResource.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/impl/LightWeightResource.java
index 77f77f312c..02afe50cc2 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/impl/LightWeightResource.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/impl/LightWeightResource.java
@@ -64,22 +64,6 @@ public class LightWeightResource extends Resource {
   private ResourceInformation memoryResInfo;
   private ResourceInformation vcoresResInfo;
 
-  /**
-   * Create a new {@link LightWeightResource} instance with all resource values
-   * initialized to {@code value}.
-   * @param value the value to use for all resources
-   */
-  public LightWeightResource(long value) {
-    ResourceInformation[] types = ResourceUtils.getResourceTypesArray();
-    initResourceInformations(value, value, types.length);
-
-    for (int i = 2; i < types.length; i++) {
-      resources[i] = new ResourceInformation();
-      ResourceInformation.copy(types[i], resources[i]);
-      resources[i].setValue(value);
-    }
-  }
-
   public LightWeightResource(long memory, int vcores) {
     int numberOfKnownResourceTypes = ResourceUtils
         .getNumberOfKnownResourceTypes();
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/resource/Resources.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/resource/Resources.java
index 7826f51cd4..ace8b5db0f 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/resource/Resources.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/resource/Resources.java
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
+import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience.Private;
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability.Unstable;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.Resource;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ResourceInformation;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.impl.LightWeightResource;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.exceptions.ResourceNotFoundException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.UnitsConversionUtil;
 
@@ -38,11 +40,30 @@ public class Resources {
   private static final Log LOG =
       LogFactory.getLog(Resources.class);
 
+  /**
+   * Return a new {@link Resource} instance with all resource values
+   * initialized to {@code value}.
+   * @param value the value to use for all resources
+   * @return a new {@link Resource} instance
+   */
+  @Private
+  @Unstable
+  public static Resource createResourceWithSameValue(long value) {
+    LightWeightResource res = new LightWeightResource(value,
+            Long.valueOf(value).intValue());
+    int numberOfResources = ResourceUtils.getNumberOfKnownResourceTypes();
+    for (int i = 2; i < numberOfResources; i++) {
+      res.setResourceValue(i, value);
+    }
+
+    return res;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Helper class to create a resource with a fixed value for all resource
    * types. For example, a NONE resource which returns 0 for any resource type.
    */
-  @InterfaceAudience.Private
+  @Private
   @Unstable
   static class FixedValueResource extends Resource {
 
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/resource/TestResources.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/resource/TestResources.java
index a8404fbaee..07b24eb261 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/resource/TestResources.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/util/resource/TestResources.java
@@ -263,4 +263,40 @@ public void testMultiplyAndAddTo() throws Exception {
         multiplyAndAddTo(createResource(3, 1, 2), createResource(2, 2, 3),
             1.5));
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCreateResourceWithSameLongValue() throws Exception {
+    unsetExtraResourceType();
+    setupExtraResourceType();
+
+    Resource res = Resources.createResourceWithSameValue(11L);
+    assertEquals(11L, res.getMemorySize());
+    assertEquals(11, res.getVirtualCores());
+    assertEquals(11L, res.getResourceInformation(EXTRA_RESOURCE_TYPE).getValue());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCreateResourceWithSameIntValue() throws Exception {
+    unsetExtraResourceType();
+    setupExtraResourceType();
+
+    Resource res = Resources.createResourceWithSameValue(11);
+    assertEquals(11, res.getMemorySize());
+    assertEquals(11, res.getVirtualCores());
+    assertEquals(11, res.getResourceInformation(EXTRA_RESOURCE_TYPE).getValue());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCreateSimpleResourceWithSameLongValue() {
+    Resource res = Resources.createResourceWithSameValue(11L);
+    assertEquals(11L, res.getMemorySize());
+    assertEquals(11, res.getVirtualCores());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCreateSimpleResourceWithSameIntValue() {
+    Resource res = Resources.createResourceWithSameValue(11);
+    assertEquals(11, res.getMemorySize());
+    assertEquals(11, res.getVirtualCores());
+  }
 }
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/ConfigurableResource.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/ConfigurableResource.java
index 0c3b0ddc6b..f772c4d1c0 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/ConfigurableResource.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/ConfigurableResource.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ResourceInformation;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.exceptions.ResourceNotFoundException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.resource.ResourceUtils;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.resource.Resources;
 
 /**
  * A {@code ConfigurableResource} object represents an entity that is used to
@@ -46,8 +47,13 @@ public class ConfigurableResource {
     this.resource = null;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Creates a  {@link ConfigurableResource} instance with all resource values
+   * initialized to {@code value}.
+   * @param value the value to use for all resources
+   */
   ConfigurableResource(long value) {
-    this(Resource.newInstance(value));
+    this(Resources.createResourceWithSameValue(value));
   }
 
   public ConfigurableResource(Resource resource) {