diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index f3f6f8ec7f..34b5583732 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ Release 2.0.5-beta - UNRELEASED
     YARN-481. Add AM Host and RPC Port to ApplicationCLI Status Output 
     (Chris Riccomini via bikas)
 
+    YARN-297. Improve hashCode implementations for PB records. (Xuan Gong via
+    hitesh)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/ApplicationAttemptId.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/ApplicationAttemptId.java
index 063a878b7b..24f15ced7f 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/ApplicationAttemptId.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/ApplicationAttemptId.java
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ public NumberFormat initialValue() {
   @Override
   public int hashCode() {
     // Generated by eclipse.
-    final int prime = 31;
-    int result = 1;
+    final int prime = 347671;
+    int result = 5501;
     ApplicationId appId = getApplicationId();
     result = prime * result +  appId.hashCode();
     result = prime * result + getAttemptId();
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/ApplicationId.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/ApplicationId.java
index 45aa015779..097a5334c5 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/ApplicationId.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/ApplicationId.java
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ public String toString() {
   @Override
   public int hashCode() {
     // Generated by eclipse.
-    final int prime = 31;
-    int result = 1;
+    final int prime = 371237;
+    int result = 6521;
     long clusterTimestamp = getClusterTimestamp();
     result = prime * result
         + (int) (clusterTimestamp ^ (clusterTimestamp >>> 32));
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/ContainerId.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/ContainerId.java
index 53d816d554..68cd09e2aa 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/ContainerId.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/ContainerId.java
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ public NumberFormat initialValue() {
   @Override
   public int hashCode() {
     // Generated by eclipse.
-    final int prime = 31;
-    int result = 1;
+    final int prime = 435569;
+    int result = 7507;
     result = prime * result + getId();
     result = prime * result + getApplicationAttemptId().hashCode();
     return result;
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/NodeId.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/NodeId.java
index 112ea0796d..886f88eac5 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/NodeId.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/NodeId.java
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ public String toString() {
 
   @Override
   public int hashCode() {
-    final int prime = 31;
-    int result = 1;
+    final int prime = 493217;
+    int result = 8501;
     result = prime * result + this.getHost().hashCode();
     result = prime * result + this.getPort();
     return result;
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/Priority.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/Priority.java
index 5c27f386ef..2b456f7484 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/Priority.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/Priority.java
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ public abstract class Priority implements Comparable<Priority> {
   
   @Override
   public int hashCode() {
-    final int prime = 31;
-    int result = 1;
+    final int prime = 517861;
+    int result = 9511;
     result = prime * result + getPriority();
     return result;
   }
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/ResourceRequest.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/ResourceRequest.java
index 72d703eeaf..c1b7541265 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/ResourceRequest.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/ResourceRequest.java
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ public abstract class ResourceRequest implements Comparable<ResourceRequest> {
 
   @Override
   public int hashCode() {
-    final int prime = 31;
-    int result = 1;
+    final int prime = 2153;
+    int result = 2459;
     Resource capability = getCapability();
     String hostName = getHostName();
     Priority priority = getPriority();