diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/attempt/RMAppAttemptImpl.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/attempt/RMAppAttemptImpl.java
index dc15e7af4e..5bfd178de2 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/attempt/RMAppAttemptImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/attempt/RMAppAttemptImpl.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.FinalApplicationStatus;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.NodeId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.Priority;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.Resource;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ResourceRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.event.EventHandler;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.factories.RecordFactory;
@@ -653,7 +654,14 @@ public void handle(RMAppAttemptEvent event) {
   public ApplicationResourceUsageReport getApplicationResourceUsageReport() {
     this.readLock.lock();
     try {
-      return scheduler.getAppResourceUsageReport(this.getAppAttemptId());
+      ApplicationResourceUsageReport report =
+          scheduler.getAppResourceUsageReport(this.getAppAttemptId());
+      if (report == null) {
+        Resource none = Resource.newInstance(0, 0);
+        report = ApplicationResourceUsageReport.newInstance(0, 0, none, none,
+            none);
+      }
+      return report;
     } finally {
       this.readLock.unlock();
     }