diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index de4dad09d0..e7da77ba24 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -635,6 +635,9 @@ Release 2.9.0 - UNRELEASED
 
   IMPROVEMENTS
 
+    HADOOP-12321. Make JvmPauseMonitor an AbstractService.
+    (Sunil G via Stevel)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/JvmPauseMonitor.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/JvmPauseMonitor.java
index 73d730913b..882e4a7328 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/JvmPauseMonitor.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/JvmPauseMonitor.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.service.AbstractService;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
@@ -43,21 +44,21 @@
  * detected, the thread logs a message.
  */
 @InterfaceAudience.Private
-public class JvmPauseMonitor {
+public class JvmPauseMonitor extends AbstractService {
   private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(
       JvmPauseMonitor.class);
 
   /** The target sleep time */
   private static final long SLEEP_INTERVAL_MS = 500;
-  
+
   /** log WARN if we detect a pause longer than this threshold */
-  private final long warnThresholdMs;
+  private long warnThresholdMs;
   private static final String WARN_THRESHOLD_KEY =
       "jvm.pause.warn-threshold.ms";
   private static final long WARN_THRESHOLD_DEFAULT = 10000;
-  
+
   /** log INFO if we detect a pause longer than this threshold */
-  private final long infoThresholdMs;
+  private long infoThresholdMs;
   private static final String INFO_THRESHOLD_KEY =
       "jvm.pause.info-threshold.ms";
   private static final long INFO_THRESHOLD_DEFAULT = 1000;
@@ -65,29 +66,32 @@ public class JvmPauseMonitor {
   private long numGcWarnThresholdExceeded = 0;
   private long numGcInfoThresholdExceeded = 0;
   private long totalGcExtraSleepTime = 0;
-   
+
   private Thread monitorThread;
   private volatile boolean shouldRun = true;
 
-  public JvmPauseMonitor(Configuration conf) {
+  public JvmPauseMonitor() {
+    super(JvmPauseMonitor.class.getName());
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected void serviceInit(Configuration conf) throws Exception {
     this.warnThresholdMs = conf.getLong(WARN_THRESHOLD_KEY, WARN_THRESHOLD_DEFAULT);
     this.infoThresholdMs = conf.getLong(INFO_THRESHOLD_KEY, INFO_THRESHOLD_DEFAULT);
+    super.serviceInit(conf);
   }
-  
-  public void start() {
-    Preconditions.checkState(monitorThread == null,
-        "Already started");
+
+  @Override
+  protected void serviceStart() throws Exception {
     monitorThread = new Daemon(new Monitor());
-    if (shouldRun) {
-      monitorThread.start();
-    } else {
-      LOG.warn("stop() was called before start() completed");
-    }
+    monitorThread.start();
+    super.serviceStart();
   }
-  
-  public void stop() {
+
+  @Override
+  protected void serviceStop() throws Exception {
     shouldRun = false;
-    if (isStarted()) {
+    if (monitorThread != null) {
       monitorThread.interrupt();
       try {
         monitorThread.join();
@@ -95,12 +99,13 @@ public void stop() {
         Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
       }
     }
+    super.serviceStop();
   }
 
   public boolean isStarted() {
     return monitorThread != null;
   }
-  
+
   public long getNumGcWarnThreadholdExceeded() {
     return numGcWarnThresholdExceeded;
   }
@@ -212,8 +217,11 @@ public void run() {
    * with a 1GB heap will very quickly go into "GC hell" and result in
    * log messages about the GC pauses.
    */
+  @SuppressWarnings("resource")
   public static void main(String []args) throws Exception {
-    new JvmPauseMonitor(new Configuration()).start();
+    JvmPauseMonitor monitor = new JvmPauseMonitor();
+    monitor.init(new Configuration());
+    monitor.start();
     List<String> list = Lists.newArrayList();
     int i = 0;
     while (true) {
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/metrics2/source/TestJvmMetrics.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/metrics2/source/TestJvmMetrics.java
index 3cb3384d83..69e75655c9 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/metrics2/source/TestJvmMetrics.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/metrics2/source/TestJvmMetrics.java
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@
 
 package org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.source;
 
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.rules.Timeout;
 
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.test.MetricsAsserts.*;
@@ -26,6 +30,9 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.MetricsCollector;
 import org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.MetricsRecordBuilder;
+import org.apache.hadoop.service.ServiceOperations;
+import org.apache.hadoop.service.ServiceStateException;
+import org.apache.hadoop.test.GenericTestUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.JvmPauseMonitor;
 
 import static org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.source.JvmMetricsInfo.*;
@@ -33,8 +40,23 @@
 
 public class TestJvmMetrics {
 
-  @Test public void testPresence() {
-    JvmPauseMonitor pauseMonitor = new JvmPauseMonitor(new Configuration());
+  @Rule
+  public Timeout timeout = new Timeout(30000);
+  private JvmPauseMonitor pauseMonitor;
+
+  /**
+   * Robust shutdown of the pause monitor if it hasn't been stopped already.
+   */
+  @After
+  public void teardown() {
+    ServiceOperations.stop(pauseMonitor);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testPresence() {
+    pauseMonitor = new JvmPauseMonitor();
+    pauseMonitor.init(new Configuration());
+    pauseMonitor.start();
     JvmMetrics jvmMetrics = new JvmMetrics("test", "test");
     jvmMetrics.setPauseMonitor(pauseMonitor);
     MetricsRecordBuilder rb = getMetrics(jvmMetrics);
@@ -54,4 +76,48 @@ else if (info.name().startsWith("Log"))
         verify(rb).addCounter(eq(info), anyLong());
     }
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testDoubleStop() throws Throwable {
+    pauseMonitor = new JvmPauseMonitor();
+    pauseMonitor.init(new Configuration());
+    pauseMonitor.start();
+    pauseMonitor.stop();
+    pauseMonitor.stop();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testDoubleStart() throws Throwable {
+    pauseMonitor = new JvmPauseMonitor();
+    pauseMonitor.init(new Configuration());
+    pauseMonitor.start();
+    pauseMonitor.start();
+    pauseMonitor.stop();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testStopBeforeStart() throws Throwable {
+    pauseMonitor = new JvmPauseMonitor();
+    try {
+      pauseMonitor.init(new Configuration());
+      pauseMonitor.stop();
+      pauseMonitor.start();
+      Assert.fail("Expected an exception, got " + pauseMonitor);
+    } catch (ServiceStateException e) {
+      GenericTestUtils.assertExceptionContains("cannot enter state", e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testStopBeforeInit() throws Throwable {
+    pauseMonitor = new JvmPauseMonitor();
+    try {
+      pauseMonitor.stop();
+      pauseMonitor.init(new Configuration());
+      Assert.fail("Expected an exception, got " + pauseMonitor);
+    } catch (ServiceStateException e) {
+      GenericTestUtils.assertExceptionContains("cannot enter state", e);
+    }
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/nfs/nfs3/RpcProgramNfs3.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/nfs/nfs3/RpcProgramNfs3.java
index 05d806aed1..028252460b 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/nfs/nfs3/RpcProgramNfs3.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/nfs/nfs3/RpcProgramNfs3.java
@@ -243,7 +243,8 @@ private void clearDirectory(String writeDumpDir) throws IOException {
   @Override
   public void startDaemons() {
     if (pauseMonitor == null) {
-      pauseMonitor = new JvmPauseMonitor(config);
+      pauseMonitor = new JvmPauseMonitor();
+      pauseMonitor.init(config);
       pauseMonitor.start();
       metrics.getJvmMetrics().setPauseMonitor(pauseMonitor);
     }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 118df6ea60..642414f3cd 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -893,6 +893,9 @@ Release 2.9.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-9414. Refactor reconfiguration of ClientDatanodeProtocol for
     reusability. (Xiaobing Zhou via Arpit Agarwal)
 
+    HDFS-8947. NameNode, DataNode and NFS gateway to support JvmPauseMonitor as
+    a service. (Sunil G via Stevel)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DataNode.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DataNode.java
index 15e556b676..4b6e6e81af 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DataNode.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DataNode.java
@@ -1244,7 +1244,8 @@ void startDataNode(Configuration conf,
     registerMXBean();
     initDataXceiver(conf);
     startInfoServer(conf);
-    pauseMonitor = new JvmPauseMonitor(conf);
+    pauseMonitor = new JvmPauseMonitor();
+    pauseMonitor.init(conf);
     pauseMonitor.start();
   
     // BlockPoolTokenSecretManager is required to create ipc server.
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameNode.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameNode.java
index c3f3017952..acb4069c5c 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameNode.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameNode.java
@@ -691,7 +691,8 @@ protected void initialize(Configuration conf) throws IOException {
       httpServer.setFSImage(getFSImage());
     }
     
-    pauseMonitor = new JvmPauseMonitor(conf);
+    pauseMonitor = new JvmPauseMonitor();
+    pauseMonitor.init(conf);
     pauseMonitor.start();
     metrics.getJvmMetrics().setPauseMonitor(pauseMonitor);
     
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/hs/JobHistoryServer.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/hs/JobHistoryServer.java
index b5ac91a937..c93c4cffb7 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/hs/JobHistoryServer.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/hs/JobHistoryServer.java
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ protected void serviceInit(Configuration conf) throws Exception {
 
     DefaultMetricsSystem.initialize("JobHistoryServer");
     JvmMetrics jm = JvmMetrics.initSingleton("JobHistoryServer", null);
-    pauseMonitor = new JvmPauseMonitor(getConfig());
+    pauseMonitor = new JvmPauseMonitor();
+    addService(pauseMonitor);
     jm.setPauseMonitor(pauseMonitor);
 
     super.serviceInit(config);
@@ -198,16 +199,12 @@ public static InetSocketAddress getBindAddress(Configuration conf) {
 
   @Override
   protected void serviceStart() throws Exception {
-    pauseMonitor.start();
     super.serviceStart();
   }
   
   @Override
   protected void serviceStop() throws Exception {
     DefaultMetricsSystem.shutdown();
-    if (pauseMonitor != null) {
-      pauseMonitor.stop();
-    }
     super.serviceStop();
   }
 
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/hs/TestJobHistoryServer.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/hs/TestJobHistoryServer.java
index 32b2cffec1..c914474303 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/hs/TestJobHistoryServer.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/hs/TestJobHistoryServer.java
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ public void testStartStopServer() throws Exception {
     Configuration config = new Configuration();
     historyServer.init(config);
     assertEquals(STATE.INITED, historyServer.getServiceState());
-    assertEquals(6, historyServer.getServices().size());
     HistoryClientService historyService = historyServer.getClientService();
     assertNotNull(historyServer.getClientService());
     assertEquals(STATE.INITED, historyService.getServiceState());
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index 1fed6a6917..632c88810a 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ Release 2.9.0 - UNRELEASED
 
   IMPROVEMENTS
 
+    YARN-4072. ApplicationHistoryServer, WebAppProxyServer, NodeManager and
+    ResourceManager to support JvmPauseMonitor as a service.
+    (Sunil G via Stevel)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/applicationhistoryservice/ApplicationHistoryServer.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/applicationhistoryservice/ApplicationHistoryServer.java
index cda84a22ea..160ad8ddf0 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/applicationhistoryservice/ApplicationHistoryServer.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/applicationhistoryservice/ApplicationHistoryServer.java
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ protected void serviceInit(Configuration conf) throws Exception {
 
     DefaultMetricsSystem.initialize("ApplicationHistoryServer");
     JvmMetrics jm = JvmMetrics.initSingleton("ApplicationHistoryServer", null);
-    pauseMonitor = new JvmPauseMonitor(conf);
+    pauseMonitor = new JvmPauseMonitor();
+    addService(pauseMonitor);
     jm.setPauseMonitor(pauseMonitor);
     super.serviceInit(conf);
   }
@@ -116,9 +117,6 @@ protected void serviceStart() throws Exception {
       throw new YarnRuntimeException("Failed to login", ie);
     }
 
-    if (pauseMonitor != null) {
-      pauseMonitor.start();
-    }
     super.serviceStart();
     startWebApp();
   }
@@ -128,9 +126,6 @@ protected void serviceStop() throws Exception {
     if (webApp != null) {
       webApp.stop();
     }
-    if (pauseMonitor != null) {
-      pauseMonitor.stop();
-    }
     DefaultMetricsSystem.shutdown();
     super.serviceStop();
   }
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/applicationhistoryservice/TestApplicationHistoryServer.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/applicationhistoryservice/TestApplicationHistoryServer.java
index 8dbccaab73..b9d1c5e492 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/applicationhistoryservice/TestApplicationHistoryServer.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/applicationhistoryservice/TestApplicationHistoryServer.java
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ public void testStartStopServer() throws Exception {
       historyServer = new ApplicationHistoryServer();
       historyServer.init(config);
       assertEquals(STATE.INITED, historyServer.getServiceState());
-      assertEquals(5, historyServer.getServices().size());
       ApplicationHistoryClientService historyService =
           historyServer.getClientService();
       assertNotNull(historyServer.getClientService());
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/NodeManager.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/NodeManager.java
index 04e383f0b1..a9a54118cf 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/NodeManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/NodeManager.java
@@ -344,7 +344,8 @@ protected void serviceInit(Configuration conf) throws Exception {
     dispatcher.register(NodeManagerEventType.class, this);
     addService(dispatcher);
 
-    pauseMonitor = new JvmPauseMonitor(conf);
+    pauseMonitor = new JvmPauseMonitor();
+    addService(pauseMonitor);
     metrics.getJvmMetrics().setPauseMonitor(pauseMonitor);
 
     DefaultMetricsSystem.initialize("NodeManager");
@@ -364,7 +365,6 @@ protected void serviceStart() throws Exception {
     } catch (IOException e) {
       throw new YarnRuntimeException("Failed NodeManager login", e);
     }
-    pauseMonitor.start();
     super.serviceStart();
   }
 
@@ -376,9 +376,6 @@ protected void serviceStop() throws Exception {
     try {
       super.serviceStop();
       DefaultMetricsSystem.shutdown();
-      if (pauseMonitor != null) {
-        pauseMonitor.stop();
-      }
     } finally {
       // YARN-3641: NM's services stop get failed shouldn't block the
       // release of NMLevelDBStore.
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/ResourceManager.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/ResourceManager.java
index 01a1c8f0ff..d392410672 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/ResourceManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/ResourceManager.java
@@ -518,7 +518,8 @@ protected void serviceInit(Configuration configuration) throws Exception {
 
       DefaultMetricsSystem.initialize("ResourceManager");
       JvmMetrics jm = JvmMetrics.initSingleton("ResourceManager", null);
-      pauseMonitor = new JvmPauseMonitor(conf);
+      pauseMonitor = new JvmPauseMonitor();
+      addService(pauseMonitor);
       jm.setPauseMonitor(pauseMonitor);
 
       // Initialize the Reservation system
@@ -574,8 +575,6 @@ protected void serviceStart() throws Exception {
       // need events to move to further states.
       rmStore.start();
 
-      pauseMonitor.start();
-
       if(recoveryEnabled) {
         try {
           LOG.info("Recovery started");
@@ -602,10 +601,6 @@ protected void serviceStop() throws Exception {
 
       super.serviceStop();
 
-      if (pauseMonitor != null) {
-        pauseMonitor.stop();
-      }
-
       DefaultMetricsSystem.shutdown();
       if (rmContext != null) {
         RMStateStore store = rmContext.getStateStore();
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/webproxy/WebAppProxyServer.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/webproxy/WebAppProxyServer.java
index 4c1caa6357..a5dd8f6850 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/webproxy/WebAppProxyServer.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/webproxy/WebAppProxyServer.java
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ protected void serviceInit(Configuration conf) throws Exception {
 
     DefaultMetricsSystem.initialize("WebAppProxyServer");
     JvmMetrics jm = JvmMetrics.initSingleton("WebAppProxyServer", null);
-    pauseMonitor = new JvmPauseMonitor(conf);
+    pauseMonitor = new JvmPauseMonitor();
+    addService(pauseMonitor);
     jm.setPauseMonitor(pauseMonitor);
 
     super.serviceInit(config);
@@ -75,9 +76,6 @@ protected void serviceInit(Configuration conf) throws Exception {
 
   @Override
   protected void serviceStart() throws Exception {
-    if (pauseMonitor != null) {
-      pauseMonitor.start();
-    }
     super.serviceStart();
   }
 
@@ -85,9 +83,6 @@ protected void serviceStart() throws Exception {
   protected void serviceStop() throws Exception {
     super.serviceStop();
     DefaultMetricsSystem.shutdown();
-    if (pauseMonitor != null) {
-      pauseMonitor.stop();
-    }
   }
 
   /**