diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index 9df803b1ef..bc2ef29a83 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ Release 2.6.0 - UNRELEASED
 
     YARN-2302. Refactor TimelineWebServices. (Zhijie Shen via junping_du)
 
+    YARN-2337. ResourceManager sets ClientRMService in RMContext multiple times.
+    (Zhihai Xu via kasha)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/ResourceManager.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/ResourceManager.java
index 40e346c680..90441d6c94 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/ResourceManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/ResourceManager.java
@@ -461,7 +461,6 @@ protected void serviceInit(Configuration configuration) throws Exception {
       rmDispatcher.register(RMAppManagerEventType.class, rmAppManager);
 
       clientRM = createClientRMService();
-      rmContext.setClientRMService(clientRM);
       addService(clientRM);
       rmContext.setClientRMService(clientRM);