diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index 360e9841b8..3645fb6ba5 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ Release 2.1.2 - UNRELEASED
     YARN-1273. Fixed Distributed-shell to account for containers that failed
     to start. (Hitesh Shah via vinodkv)
 
+    YARN-1268. TestFairScheduler.testContinuousScheduling is flaky (Sandy Ryza)
+
 Release 2.1.1-beta - 2013-09-23
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
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/fair/TestFairScheduler.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/TestFairScheduler.java
index f09d2c4a04..28b95e4196 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/TestFairScheduler.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/TestFairScheduler.java
@@ -2279,7 +2279,7 @@ public void testConcurrentAccessOnApplications() throws Exception {
         fs.applications, FSSchedulerApp.class);
   }
 
-  @Test
+  @Test (timeout = 5000)
   public void testContinuousScheduling() throws Exception {
     // set continuous scheduling enabled
     FairScheduler fs = new FairScheduler();
@@ -2315,11 +2315,13 @@ public void testContinuousScheduling() throws Exception {
     // at least one pass
     Thread.sleep(fs.getConf().getContinuousSchedulingSleepMs() + 500);
 
+    FSSchedulerApp app = fs.applications.get(appAttemptId);
+    // Wait until app gets resources.
+    while (app.getCurrentConsumption().equals(Resources.none())) { }
+    
     // check consumption
-    Resource consumption =
-            fs.applications.get(appAttemptId).getCurrentConsumption();
-    Assert.assertEquals(1024, consumption.getMemory());
-    Assert.assertEquals(1, consumption.getVirtualCores());
+    Assert.assertEquals(1024, app.getCurrentConsumption().getMemory());
+    Assert.assertEquals(1, app.getCurrentConsumption().getVirtualCores());
   }