diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/rm/RMContainerAllocator.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/rm/RMContainerAllocator.java
index e459cb52f0..a0a4def863 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/rm/RMContainerAllocator.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/rm/RMContainerAllocator.java
@@ -968,16 +968,20 @@ private void updateAMRMToken(Token token) throws IOException {
 
   @VisibleForTesting
   public TaskAttemptEvent createContainerFinishedEvent(ContainerStatus cont,
-      TaskAttemptId attemptID) {
-    if (cont.getExitStatus() == ContainerExitStatus.ABORTED
-        || cont.getExitStatus() == ContainerExitStatus.PREEMPTED) {
-      // killed by framework
-      return new TaskAttemptEvent(attemptID,
-          TaskAttemptEventType.TA_KILL);
-    } else {
-      return new TaskAttemptEvent(attemptID,
+      TaskAttemptId attemptId) {
+    TaskAttemptEvent event;
+    switch (cont.getExitStatus()) {
+    case ContainerExitStatus.ABORTED:
+    case ContainerExitStatus.PREEMPTED:
+    case ContainerExitStatus.KILLED_BY_CONTAINER_SCHEDULER:
+      // killed by YARN
+      event = new TaskAttemptEvent(attemptId, TaskAttemptEventType.TA_KILL);
+      break;
+    default:
+      event = new TaskAttemptEvent(attemptId,
           TaskAttemptEventType.TA_CONTAINER_COMPLETED);
     }
+    return event;
   }
   
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/rm/TestRMContainerAllocator.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/rm/TestRMContainerAllocator.java
index f3ac950e9e..439be485a9 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/rm/TestRMContainerAllocator.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/rm/TestRMContainerAllocator.java
@@ -2430,6 +2430,8 @@ public void testCompletedContainerEvent() {
     ApplicationId applicationId = ApplicationId.newInstance(1, 1);
     ApplicationAttemptId applicationAttemptId =
         ApplicationAttemptId.newInstance(applicationId, 1);
+
+    // ABORTED
     ContainerId containerId =
         ContainerId.newContainerId(applicationAttemptId, 1);
     ContainerStatus status = ContainerStatus.newInstance(
@@ -2448,6 +2450,7 @@ public void testCompletedContainerEvent() {
         abortedStatus, attemptId);
     Assert.assertEquals(TaskAttemptEventType.TA_KILL, abortedEvent.getType());
 
+    // PREEMPTED
     ContainerId containerId2 =
         ContainerId.newContainerId(applicationAttemptId, 2);
     ContainerStatus status2 = ContainerStatus.newInstance(containerId2,
@@ -2464,6 +2467,25 @@ public void testCompletedContainerEvent() {
     TaskAttemptEvent abortedEvent2 = allocator.createContainerFinishedEvent(
         preemptedStatus, attemptId);
     Assert.assertEquals(TaskAttemptEventType.TA_KILL, abortedEvent2.getType());
+
+    // KILLED_BY_CONTAINER_SCHEDULER
+    ContainerId containerId3 =
+        ContainerId.newContainerId(applicationAttemptId, 3);
+    ContainerStatus status3 = ContainerStatus.newInstance(containerId3,
+        ContainerState.RUNNING, "", 0);
+
+    ContainerStatus killedByContainerSchedulerStatus =
+        ContainerStatus.newInstance(containerId3, ContainerState.RUNNING, "",
+            ContainerExitStatus.KILLED_BY_CONTAINER_SCHEDULER);
+
+    TaskAttemptEvent event3 = allocator.createContainerFinishedEvent(status3,
+        attemptId);
+    Assert.assertEquals(TaskAttemptEventType.TA_CONTAINER_COMPLETED,
+        event3.getType());
+
+    TaskAttemptEvent abortedEvent3 = allocator.createContainerFinishedEvent(
+        killedByContainerSchedulerStatus, attemptId);
+    Assert.assertEquals(TaskAttemptEventType.TA_KILL, abortedEvent3.getType());
   }
 
   @Test