diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index 9452412894..78990334e6 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@ Release 2.0.3-alpha - Unreleased
     YARN-282. Fair scheduler web UI double counts Apps Submitted. 
     (sandyr via tucu)
 
+    YARN-283. Fair scheduler fails to get queue info without root prefix. 
+    (sandyr via tucu)
+
 Release 2.0.2-alpha - 2012-09-07 
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
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/QueueManager.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/QueueManager.java
index 5da1d4fd5b..8f27531ad2 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/QueueManager.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/QueueManager.java
@@ -227,6 +227,9 @@ public FSQueue getQueue(String name) {
    * Return whether a queue exists already.
    */
   public boolean exists(String name) {
+    if (!name.startsWith(ROOT_QUEUE + ".") && !name.equals(ROOT_QUEUE)) {
+      name = ROOT_QUEUE + "." + name;
+    }
     synchronized (queues) {
       return queues.containsKey(name);
     }