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/FairScheduler.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/FairScheduler.java
index d779159084..b41d3f71dc 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/FairScheduler.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/FairScheduler.java
@@ -1046,16 +1046,13 @@ void attemptScheduling(FSSchedulerNode node) {
         Resource maxResourcesToAssign = Resources.multiply(
             node.getUnallocatedResource(), 0.5f);
         while (node.getReservedContainer() == null) {
-          boolean assignedContainer = false;
           Resource assignment = queueMgr.getRootQueue().assignContainer(node);
-          if (!assignment.equals(Resources.none())) {
-            assignedContainers++;
-            assignedContainer = true;
-            Resources.addTo(assignedResource, assignment);
-          }
-          if (!assignedContainer) {
+          if (assignment.equals(Resources.none())) {
             break;
           }
+
+          assignedContainers++;
+          Resources.addTo(assignedResource, assignment);
           if (!shouldContinueAssigning(assignedContainers, maxResourcesToAssign,
               assignedResource)) {
             break;