diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/linux/runtime/DockerLinuxContainerRuntime.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/linux/runtime/DockerLinuxContainerRuntime.java
index f13ba59b00..c89d5fb136 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/linux/runtime/DockerLinuxContainerRuntime.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/linux/runtime/DockerLinuxContainerRuntime.java
@@ -1027,7 +1027,6 @@ public void signalContainer(ContainerRuntimeContext ctx)
         handleContainerKill(ctx, env, signal);
       }
     } catch (ContainerExecutionException e) {
-      LOG.warn("Signal docker container failed. Exception: ", e);
       throw new ContainerExecutionException("Signal docker container failed",
           e.getExitCode(), e.getOutput(), e.getErrorOutput());
     }
@@ -1201,7 +1200,8 @@ private void executeLivelinessCheck(ContainerRuntimeContext ctx)
     if (!new File(procFs + File.separator + pid).exists()) {
       String msg = "Liveliness check failed for PID: " + pid
           + ". Container may have already completed.";
-      throw new ContainerExecutionException(msg);
+      throw new ContainerExecutionException(msg,
+          PrivilegedOperation.ResultCode.INVALID_CONTAINER_PID.getValue());
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/runtime/ContainerExecutionException.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/runtime/ContainerExecutionException.java
index 3147277704..735db1f608 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/runtime/ContainerExecutionException.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/runtime/ContainerExecutionException.java
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ public ContainerExecutionException(Throwable throwable) {
     errorOutput = OUTPUT_UNSET;
   }
 
+  public ContainerExecutionException(String message, int exitCode) {
+    super(message);
+    this.exitCode = exitCode;
+    this.output = OUTPUT_UNSET;
+    this.errorOutput = OUTPUT_UNSET;
+  }
 
   public ContainerExecutionException(String message, int exitCode, String
       output, String errorOutput) {
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/linux/runtime/TestDockerContainerRuntime.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/linux/runtime/TestDockerContainerRuntime.java
index d85c403f1f..855ec44c2a 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/linux/runtime/TestDockerContainerRuntime.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/linux/runtime/TestDockerContainerRuntime.java
@@ -1492,7 +1492,7 @@ public void testContainerLivelinessFileExistsNoException() throws Exception {
     runtime.signalContainer(builder.build());
   }
 
-  @Test(expected = ContainerExecutionException.class)
+  @Test
   public void testContainerLivelinessNoFileException() throws Exception {
     DockerLinuxContainerRuntime runtime = new DockerLinuxContainerRuntime(
         mockExecutor, mockCGroupsHandler);
@@ -1501,7 +1501,13 @@ public void testContainerLivelinessNoFileException() throws Exception {
         .setExecutionAttribute(PID, signalPid)
         .setExecutionAttribute(SIGNAL, ContainerExecutor.Signal.NULL);
     runtime.initialize(enableMockContainerExecutor(conf), null);
-    runtime.signalContainer(builder.build());
+    try {
+      runtime.signalContainer(builder.build());
+    } catch (ContainerExecutionException e) {
+      Assert.assertEquals(
+          PrivilegedOperation.ResultCode.INVALID_CONTAINER_PID.getValue(),
+          e.getExitCode());
+    }
   }
 
   @Test