diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmcontainer/RMContainerImpl.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmcontainer/RMContainerImpl.java
index a504221..541621b 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmcontainer/RMContainerImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmcontainer/RMContainerImpl.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
-import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantReadWriteLock;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantReadWriteLock.ReadLock;
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@
 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.conf.YarnConfiguration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.event.EventHandler;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.api.protocolrecords.NMContainerStatus;
@@ -533,7 +531,7 @@
         RMContainerEvent event) {
       NMContainerStatus report =
           ((RMContainerRecoverEvent) event).getContainerReport();
-      // Set the allocation tags from the
+      // Set the allocation tags from the NMContainerStatus
       container.setAllocationTags(report.getAllocationTags());
       // Notify AllocationTagsManager
       container.rmContext.getAllocationTagsManager().addContainer(
@@ -689,7 +687,7 @@
         // Something wrong happened, kill the container
         LOG.warn("Something wrong happened, container size reported by NM"
             + " is not expected, ContainerID=" + container.getContainerId()
-            + " rm-size-resource:" + rmContainerResource + " nm-size-reosurce:"
+            + " rm-size-resource:" + rmContainerResource + " nm-size-resource:"
             + nmContainerResource);
         container.eventHandler.handle(new RMNodeCleanContainerEvent(
             container.nodeId, container.getContainerId()));
@@ -702,7 +700,7 @@
 
     @Override
     public void transition(RMContainerImpl container, RMContainerEvent event) {
-      // Notify placementManager
+      // Notify AllocationTagsManager
       container.rmContext.getAllocationTagsManager().removeContainer(
           container.getNodeId(), container.getContainerId(),
           container.getAllocationTags());
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmcontainer/TestRMContainerImpl.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmcontainer/TestRMContainerImpl.java
index 2bf6a21..27c5fbd 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmcontainer/TestRMContainerImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmcontainer/TestRMContainerImpl.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.conf.YarnConfiguration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.event.DrainDispatcher;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.event.EventHandler;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.api.protocolrecords.NMContainerStatus;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.MockAM;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.MockNM;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.MockRM;
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@
     assertEquals(containerStatus, cfEvent.getContainerStatus());
     assertEquals(RMAppAttemptEventType.CONTAINER_FINISHED, cfEvent.getType());
     
-    // In RELEASED state. A FINIHSED event may come in.
+    // In RELEASED state. A FINISHED event may come in.
     rmContainer.handle(new RMContainerFinishedEvent(containerId, SchedulerUtils
         .createAbnormalContainerStatus(containerId, "FinishedContainer"),
         RMContainerEventType.FINISHED));
@@ -375,7 +376,7 @@
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void testContainerTransitionNotifyPlacementTagsManager()
+  public void testContainerTransitionNotifyAllocationTagsManager()
       throws Exception {
     DrainDispatcher drainDispatcher = new DrainDispatcher();
     EventHandler<RMAppAttemptEvent> appAttemptEventHandler = mock(
@@ -494,5 +495,25 @@
 
     Assert.assertEquals(0,
         tagsManager.getNodeCardinalityByOp(nodeId, appId, null, Long::max));
+
+    /* Fourth container: NEW -> RECOVERED */
+    rmContainer = new RMContainerImpl(container,
+        SchedulerRequestKey.extractFrom(container), appAttemptId, nodeId,
+        "user", rmContext);
+    rmContainer.setAllocationTags(ImmutableSet.of("mapper"));
+
+    Assert.assertEquals(0,
+        tagsManager.getNodeCardinalityByOp(nodeId, appId, null, Long::max));
+
+    NMContainerStatus containerStatus = NMContainerStatus
+        .newInstance(containerId, 0, ContainerState.NEW,
+            Resource.newInstance(1024, 1), "recover container", 0,
+            Priority.newInstance(0), 0);
+    containerStatus.setAllocationTags(ImmutableSet.of("mapper"));
+    rmContainer
+        .handle(new RMContainerRecoverEvent(containerId, containerStatus));
+
+    Assert.assertEquals(1,
+        tagsManager.getNodeCardinalityByOp(nodeId, appId, null, Long::max));
   }
 }