diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/NodeStatusUpdaterImpl.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/NodeStatusUpdaterImpl.java
index 6901559caf..a98d31c2a2 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/NodeStatusUpdaterImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/NodeStatusUpdaterImpl.java
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ public class NodeStatusUpdaterImpl extends AbstractService implements
               nodeManagerVersionId, containerReports, getRunningApplications(),
               nodeLabels, physicalResource, nodeAttributes, nodeStatus);
 
-      if (containerReports != null) {
+      if (containerReports != null && !containerReports.isEmpty()) {
         LOG.info("Registering with RM using containers :" + containerReports);
       }
       if (logAggregationEnabled) {