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/conf/ZKConfigurationStore.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/conf/ZKConfigurationStore.java
index ad8fb97a7a..492ff43dce 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/conf/ZKConfigurationStore.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/conf/ZKConfigurationStore.java
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ public List<LogMutation> getConfirmedConfHistory(long fromId) {
   private boolean createNewZkPath(String path) throws Exception {
     if (!zkManager.exists(path)) {
       try {
-        zkManager.create(path);
+        zkManager.create(path, zkAcl);
       } catch(NodeExistsException e) {
         LOG.warn(NODEEXISTS_MSG, e);
         return false;