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/capacity/CapacityScheduler.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/CapacityScheduler.java
index ee62a70151..bedf45570c 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/CapacityScheduler.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/CapacityScheduler.java
@@ -1209,11 +1209,18 @@ private void updateSchedulerHealth(long now, FiCaSchedulerNode node,
  }
 
   @VisibleForTesting
-  protected synchronized void allocateContainersToNode(FiCaSchedulerNode node) {
+  public synchronized void allocateContainersToNode(FiCaSchedulerNode node) {
     if (rmContext.isWorkPreservingRecoveryEnabled()
         && !rmContext.isSchedulerReadyForAllocatingContainers()) {
       return;
     }
+
+    if (!nodeTracker.exists(node.getNodeID())) {
+      LOG.info("Skipping scheduling as the node " + node.getNodeID() +
+          " has been removed");
+      return;
+    }
+
     // reset allocation and reservation stats before we start doing any work
     updateSchedulerHealth(lastNodeUpdateTime, node,
       new CSAssignment(Resources.none(), NodeType.NODE_LOCAL));
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/TestCapacityScheduler.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/TestCapacityScheduler.java
index fb021c0132..d3567f5110 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/TestCapacityScheduler.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/TestCapacityScheduler.java
@@ -3375,4 +3375,44 @@ public void handle(Event event) {
     Assert.assertEquals(availableResource.getMemorySize(), 0);
     Assert.assertEquals(availableResource.getVirtualCores(), 0);
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testSchedulingOnRemovedNode() throws Exception {
+    Configuration conf = new YarnConfiguration();
+    conf.setClass(YarnConfiguration.RM_SCHEDULER, CapacityScheduler.class,
+        ResourceScheduler.class);
+    conf.setBoolean(
+        CapacitySchedulerConfiguration.SCHEDULE_ASYNCHRONOUSLY_ENABLE,
+            false);
+
+    MockRM rm = new MockRM(conf);
+    rm.start();
+    RMApp app = rm.submitApp(100);
+    rm.drainEvents();
+
+    MockNM nm1 = rm.registerNode("127.0.0.1:1234", 10240, 10);
+    MockAM am = MockRM.launchAndRegisterAM(app, rm, nm1);
+
+    //remove nm2 to keep am alive
+    MockNM nm2 = rm.registerNode("127.0.0.1:1235", 10240, 10);
+
+    am.allocate(ResourceRequest.ANY, 2048, 1, null);
+
+    CapacityScheduler scheduler =
+        (CapacityScheduler) rm.getRMContext().getScheduler();
+    FiCaSchedulerNode node =
+        (FiCaSchedulerNode)
+            scheduler.getNodeTracker().getNode(nm2.getNodeId());
+    scheduler.handle(new NodeRemovedSchedulerEvent(
+        rm.getRMContext().getRMNodes().get(nm2.getNodeId())));
+    // schedulerNode is removed, try allocate a container
+    scheduler.allocateContainersToNode(node);
+
+    AppAttemptRemovedSchedulerEvent appRemovedEvent1 =
+        new AppAttemptRemovedSchedulerEvent(
+            am.getApplicationAttemptId(),
+            RMAppAttemptState.FINISHED, false);
+    scheduler.handle(appRemovedEvent1);
+    rm.stop();
+  }
 }