diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/converter/FSConfigToCSConfigConverter.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/converter/FSConfigToCSConfigConverter.java
index 7a0b711b24..a7602343db 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/converter/FSConfigToCSConfigConverter.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/fair/converter/FSConfigToCSConfigConverter.java
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ private void performRuleConversion(FairScheduler fs)
 
       capacitySchedulerConfig.set(MAPPING_RULE_FORMAT,
           MAPPING_RULE_FORMAT_JSON);
+      capacitySchedulerConfig.setOverrideWithQueueMappings(true);
       if (!rulesToFile) {
         String json =
             ((ByteArrayOutputStream)mappingRulesOutputStream)
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/converter/TestFSConfigToCSConfigConverter.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/converter/TestFSConfigToCSConfigConverter.java
index 6375fe9995..5450d409bd 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/converter/TestFSConfigToCSConfigConverter.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/converter/TestFSConfigToCSConfigConverter.java
@@ -668,6 +668,8 @@ public void testPlacementRulesConversionEnabled() throws Exception {
         any(FSConfigToCSConfigRuleHandler.class),
         any(CapacitySchedulerConfiguration.class),
         anyBoolean());
+    assertTrue(converter.getCapacitySchedulerConfig().getBoolean(
+        CapacitySchedulerConfiguration.ENABLE_QUEUE_MAPPING_OVERRIDE, false));
   }
 
   @Test