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/capacity/CapacityScheduler.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/CapacityScheduler.java
index 861dc432a8..cca4fe1872 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/CapacityScheduler.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/CapacityScheduler.java
@@ -2686,10 +2686,10 @@ public Priority checkAndGetApplicationPriority(
       }
 
       // Lets check for ACLs here.
-      if (!appPriorityACLManager.checkAccess(user, queuePath, appPriority)) {
+      if (!appPriorityACLManager.checkAccess(user, normalizeQueueName(queuePath), appPriority)) {
         throw new YarnException(new AccessControlException(
-            "User " + user + " does not have permission to submit/update "
-                + applicationId + " for " + appPriority));
+                "User " + user + " does not have permission to submit/update "
+                        + applicationId + " for " + appPriority));
       }
 
       LOG.info("Priority '" + appPriority.getPriority()
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/TestApplicationPriorityACLs.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/TestApplicationPriorityACLs.java
index b41ba83679..cf9a01045b 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/TestApplicationPriorityACLs.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/TestApplicationPriorityACLs.java
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ private void submitAppToRMWithInValidAcl(String submitter,
         .newInstance(appSubmissionContext);
     try {
       submitterClient.submitApplication(submitRequest);
+      Assert.fail();
     } catch (YarnException ex) {
       Assert.assertTrue(ex.getCause() instanceof RemoteException);
     }