diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/AbstractResourceRequest.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/AbstractResourceRequest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 819a60786f..0000000000
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/AbstractResourceRequest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records;
-
-import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience.Public;
-import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability.Stable;
-import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability.Unstable;
-
-/**
- * {@code AbstractResourceRequest} represents a generic resource request made
- * by an application to the {@code ResourceManager}.
- * <p>
- * It includes:
- * <ul>
- *   <li>{@link Resource} capability required for each request.</li>
- * </ul>
- *
- * @see Resource
- */
-@Public
-@Unstable
-public abstract class AbstractResourceRequest {
-
-  /**
-   * Set the <code>Resource</code> capability of the request
-   * @param capability <code>Resource</code> capability of the request
-   */
-  @Public
-  @Stable
-  public abstract void setCapability(Resource capability);
-
-  /**
-   * Get the <code>Resource</code> capability of the request.
-   * @return <code>Resource</code> capability of the request
-   */
-  @Public
-  @Stable
-  public abstract Resource getCapability();
-}
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/ResourceRequest.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/ResourceRequest.java
index ce85b216fa..5bedc879ee 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/ResourceRequest.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/ResourceRequest.java
@@ -58,8 +58,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.Records;
  */
 @Public
 @Stable
-public abstract class ResourceRequest extends AbstractResourceRequest
-    implements Comparable<ResourceRequest>{
+public abstract class ResourceRequest implements Comparable<ResourceRequest> {
 
   @Public
   @Stable
@@ -506,6 +505,22 @@ public abstract class ResourceRequest extends AbstractResourceRequest
   public void setAllocationRequestId(long allocationRequestID) {
     throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Set the <code>Resource</code> capability of the request.
+   * @param capability <code>Resource</code> capability of the request
+   */
+  @Public
+  @Stable
+  public abstract void setCapability(Resource capability);
+
+  /**
+   * Get the <code>Resource</code> capability of the request.
+   * @return <code>Resource</code> capability of the request
+   */
+  @Public
+  @Stable
+  public abstract Resource getCapability();
   
   @Override
   public int hashCode() {
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/UpdateContainerRequest.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/UpdateContainerRequest.java
index 925a7979f1..2060370508 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/UpdateContainerRequest.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/UpdateContainerRequest.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.Records;
  */
 @InterfaceAudience.Public
 @InterfaceStability.Unstable
-public abstract class UpdateContainerRequest extends AbstractResourceRequest {
+public abstract class UpdateContainerRequest {
 
   @InterfaceAudience.Public
   @InterfaceStability.Unstable
@@ -143,6 +143,22 @@ public abstract class UpdateContainerRequest extends AbstractResourceRequest {
   @InterfaceStability.Unstable
   public abstract void setExecutionType(ExecutionType executionType);
 
+  /**
+   * Set the <code>Resource</code> capability of the request.
+   * @param capability <code>Resource</code> capability of the request
+   */
+  @InterfaceAudience.Public
+  @InterfaceStability.Unstable
+  public abstract void setCapability(Resource capability);
+
+  /**
+   * Get the <code>Resource</code> capability of the request.
+   * @return <code>Resource</code> capability of the request
+   */
+  @InterfaceAudience.Public
+  @InterfaceStability.Unstable
+  public abstract Resource getCapability();
+
   @Override
   public int hashCode() {
     final int prime = 2153;
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/scheduler/SchedulerRequestKey.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/scheduler/SchedulerRequestKey.java
index 36a91496d4..02539ba6f2 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/scheduler/SchedulerRequestKey.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/scheduler/SchedulerRequestKey.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 package org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.scheduler;
 
-import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.AbstractResourceRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.Container;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ContainerId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.Priority;
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/RMAppManager.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/RMAppManager.java
index 9dd544e537..8232b88234 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/RMAppManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/RMAppManager.java
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ public class RMAppManager implements EventHandler<RMAppManagerEvent>,
         throw e;
       }
 
-      scheduler.normalizeRequest(amReq);
+      amReq.setCapability(scheduler.getNormalizedResource(amReq.getCapability()));
       return amReq;
     }
     
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/RMServerUtils.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/RMServerUtils.java
index ebbeb0f272..94bfd58484 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/RMServerUtils.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/RMServerUtils.java
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ public class RMServerUtils {
       return false;
     }
     ResourceScheduler scheduler = rmContext.getScheduler();
-    scheduler.normalizeRequest(request);
+    request.setCapability(scheduler.getNormalizedResource(request.getCapability()));
     return true;
   }
 
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/AbstractYarnScheduler.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/AbstractYarnScheduler.java
index acfcde8c3d..89f9ffaf45 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/AbstractYarnScheduler.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/AbstractYarnScheduler.java
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience.Private;
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability.Unstable;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.service.AbstractService;
-import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.AbstractResourceRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationAttemptId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationResourceUsageReport;
@@ -1044,8 +1043,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractYarnScheduler
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void normalizeRequest(AbstractResourceRequest ask) {
-    SchedulerUtils.normalizeRequest(ask,
+  public Resource getNormalizedResource(Resource requestedResource) {
+    return SchedulerUtils.getNormalizedResource(requestedResource,
         getResourceCalculator(),
         getMinimumResourceCapability(),
         getMaximumResourceCapability(),
@@ -1059,7 +1058,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractYarnScheduler
    */
   protected void normalizeRequests(List<ResourceRequest> asks) {
     for (ResourceRequest ask: asks) {
-      normalizeRequest(ask);
+      ask.setCapability(getNormalizedResource(ask.getCapability()));
     }
   }
 
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/SchedulerUtils.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/SchedulerUtils.java
index 5360665f47..148f023381 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/SchedulerUtils.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/SchedulerUtils.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience.Private;
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability.Unstable;
@@ -33,7 +34,6 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.QueueACL;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.QueueInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.Resource;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ResourceRequest;
-import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.AbstractResourceRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.conf.YarnConfiguration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.exceptions.InvalidLabelResourceRequestException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.exceptions.InvalidResourceRequestException;
@@ -134,29 +134,33 @@ public class SchedulerUtils {
    * Utility method to normalize a resource request, by insuring that the
    * requested memory is a multiple of minMemory and is not zero.
    */
+  @VisibleForTesting
   public static void normalizeRequest(
     ResourceRequest ask,
     ResourceCalculator resourceCalculator,
     Resource minimumResource,
     Resource maximumResource) {
-    normalizeRequest(ask, resourceCalculator,
-        minimumResource, maximumResource, minimumResource);
+    ask.setCapability(
+        getNormalizedResource(ask.getCapability(), resourceCalculator,
+            minimumResource, maximumResource, minimumResource));
   }
 
   /**
    * Utility method to normalize a resource request, by insuring that the
    * requested memory is a multiple of increment resource and is not zero.
+   *
+   * @return normalized resource
    */
-  public static void normalizeRequest(
-      AbstractResourceRequest ask,
+  public static Resource getNormalizedResource(
+      Resource ask,
       ResourceCalculator resourceCalculator,
       Resource minimumResource,
       Resource maximumResource,
       Resource incrementResource) {
     Resource normalized = Resources.normalize(
-        resourceCalculator, ask.getCapability(), minimumResource,
+        resourceCalculator, ask, minimumResource,
         maximumResource, incrementResource);
-    ask.setCapability(normalized);
+    return normalized;
   }
 
   private static void normalizeNodeLabelExpressionInRequest(
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/YarnScheduler.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/YarnScheduler.java
index 3185dc107f..5579efd763 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/YarnScheduler.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/YarnScheduler.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability.Stable;
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability.Unstable;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation;
-import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.AbstractResourceRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationAttemptId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationResourceUsageReport;
@@ -381,7 +380,8 @@ public interface YarnScheduler extends EventHandler<SchedulerEvent> {
   /**
    * Normalize a resource request.
    *
-   * @param request the resource request to be normalized
+   * @param requestedResource the resource to be normalized
+   * @return the normalized resource
    */
-  void normalizeRequest(AbstractResourceRequest request);
+  Resource getNormalizedResource(Resource requestedResource);
 }
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/FairScheduler.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/FairScheduler.java
index 78dfe61297..6bbccc6d30 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/FairScheduler.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/FairScheduler.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability.Unstable;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.authorize.AccessControlList;
-import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.AbstractResourceRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationAttemptId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.Container;
@@ -799,8 +798,8 @@ public class FairScheduler extends
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void normalizeRequest(AbstractResourceRequest ask) {
-    SchedulerUtils.normalizeRequest(ask,
+  public Resource getNormalizedResource(Resource requestedResource) {
+    return SchedulerUtils.getNormalizedResource(requestedResource,
         DOMINANT_RESOURCE_CALCULATOR,
         minimumAllocation,
         getMaximumResourceCapability(),