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/scheduler/ContainerScheduler.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/scheduler/ContainerScheduler.java
index 854ad532bc..3a6d29635b 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/scheduler/ContainerScheduler.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/scheduler/ContainerScheduler.java
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ public void handle(ContainerSchedulerEvent event) {
       startPendingContainers(maxOppQueueLength <= 0);
       metrics.setQueuedContainers(queuedOpportunisticContainers.size(),
           queuedGuaranteedContainers.size());
+      break;
     default:
       LOG.error("Unknown event arrived at ContainerScheduler: "
           + event.toString());