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 fae9199..133eb00 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
@@ -2386,7 +2386,11 @@
         .getContainersToKill().isEmpty()) {
       list = new ArrayList<>();
       for (RMContainer rmContainer : csAssignment.getContainersToKill()) {
-        list.add(getSchedulerContainer(rmContainer, false));
+        SchedulerContainer schedulerContainer =
+            getSchedulerContainer(rmContainer, false);
+        if (schedulerContainer != null) {
+          list.add(schedulerContainer);
+        }
       }
     }
 
@@ -2394,10 +2398,16 @@
       if (null == list) {
         list = new ArrayList<>();
       }
-      list.add(
-          getSchedulerContainer(csAssignment.getExcessReservation(), false));
+      SchedulerContainer schedulerContainer =
+          getSchedulerContainer(csAssignment.getExcessReservation(), false);
+      if (schedulerContainer != null) {
+        list.add(schedulerContainer);
+      }
     }
 
+    if (list != null && list.isEmpty()) {
+      list = null;
+    }
     return list;
   }
 
@@ -2437,16 +2447,27 @@
           csAssignment.getAssignmentInformation().getAllocationDetails();
       if (!allocations.isEmpty()) {
         RMContainer rmContainer = allocations.get(0).rmContainer;
-        allocated = new ContainerAllocationProposal<>(
-            getSchedulerContainer(rmContainer, true),
-            getSchedulerContainersToRelease(csAssignment),
-            getSchedulerContainer(csAssignment.getFulfilledReservedContainer(),
-                false), csAssignment.getType(),
-            csAssignment.getRequestLocalityType(),
-            csAssignment.getSchedulingMode() != null ?
-                csAssignment.getSchedulingMode() :
-                SchedulingMode.RESPECT_PARTITION_EXCLUSIVITY,
-            csAssignment.getResource());
+        SchedulerContainer<FiCaSchedulerApp, FiCaSchedulerNode>
+            schedulerContainer = getSchedulerContainer(rmContainer, true);
+        if (schedulerContainer == null) {
+          allocated = null;
+          // Decrease unconfirmed resource if app is alive
+          FiCaSchedulerApp app = getApplicationAttempt(
+              rmContainer.getApplicationAttemptId());
+          if (app != null) {
+            app.decUnconfirmedRes(rmContainer.getAllocatedResource());
+          }
+        } else {
+          allocated = new ContainerAllocationProposal<>(schedulerContainer,
+              getSchedulerContainersToRelease(csAssignment),
+              getSchedulerContainer(
+                  csAssignment.getFulfilledReservedContainer(), false),
+              csAssignment.getType(), csAssignment.getRequestLocalityType(),
+              csAssignment.getSchedulingMode() != null ?
+                  csAssignment.getSchedulingMode() :
+                  SchedulingMode.RESPECT_PARTITION_EXCLUSIVITY,
+              csAssignment.getResource());
+        }
       }
 
       // Reserved something
@@ -2454,16 +2475,21 @@
           csAssignment.getAssignmentInformation().getReservationDetails();
       if (!reservation.isEmpty()) {
         RMContainer rmContainer = reservation.get(0).rmContainer;
-        reserved = new ContainerAllocationProposal<>(
-            getSchedulerContainer(rmContainer, false),
-            getSchedulerContainersToRelease(csAssignment),
-            getSchedulerContainer(csAssignment.getFulfilledReservedContainer(),
-                false), csAssignment.getType(),
-            csAssignment.getRequestLocalityType(),
-            csAssignment.getSchedulingMode() != null ?
-                csAssignment.getSchedulingMode() :
-                SchedulingMode.RESPECT_PARTITION_EXCLUSIVITY,
-            csAssignment.getResource());
+        SchedulerContainer<FiCaSchedulerApp, FiCaSchedulerNode>
+            schedulerContainer = getSchedulerContainer(rmContainer, false);
+        if (schedulerContainer == null) {
+          reserved = null;
+        } else {
+          reserved = new ContainerAllocationProposal<>(schedulerContainer,
+              getSchedulerContainersToRelease(csAssignment),
+              getSchedulerContainer(
+                  csAssignment.getFulfilledReservedContainer(), false),
+              csAssignment.getType(), csAssignment.getRequestLocalityType(),
+              csAssignment.getSchedulingMode() != null ?
+                  csAssignment.getSchedulingMode() :
+                  SchedulingMode.RESPECT_PARTITION_EXCLUSIVITY,
+              csAssignment.getResource());
+        }
       }
     }
 
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/TestCapacitySchedulerAsyncScheduling.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/TestCapacitySchedulerAsyncScheduling.java
index da06557..0d3610c 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/TestCapacitySchedulerAsyncScheduling.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/TestCapacitySchedulerAsyncScheduling.java
@@ -18,12 +18,14 @@
 
 package org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.capacity;
 
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.Container;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ContainerExitStatus;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ContainerId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ContainerState;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ContainerStatus;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.NodeState;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.Priority;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.Resource;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ResourceRequest;
@@ -40,6 +42,9 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.rmcontainer.RMContainerEventType;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.rmcontainer.RMContainerImpl;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.rmcontainer.RMContainerState;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.rmnode.RMNode;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.rmnode.RMNodeEvent;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.rmnode.RMNodeEventType;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.AbstractYarnScheduler;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.NodeType;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.ResourceScheduler;
@@ -52,6 +57,8 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.common.fica.FiCaSchedulerNode;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.event.AppAttemptRemovedSchedulerEvent;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.event.NodeUpdateSchedulerEvent;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.placement.PlacementSet;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.placement.SimplePlacementSet;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.scheduler.SchedulerRequestKey;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.resource.Resources;
 import org.junit.Assert;
@@ -411,6 +418,93 @@
     rm.stop();
   }
 
+  @Test(timeout = 30000)
+  public void testReturnNullWhenGetSchedulerContainer() throws Exception {
+    // disable async-scheduling for simulating complex scenario
+    Configuration disableAsyncConf = new Configuration(conf);
+    disableAsyncConf.setBoolean(
+        CapacitySchedulerConfiguration.SCHEDULE_ASYNCHRONOUSLY_ENABLE, false);
+
+    // init RM & NMs
+    final MockRM rm = new MockRM(disableAsyncConf);
+    rm.start();
+    final MockNM nm1 = rm.registerNode("192.168.0.1:1234", 8 * GB);
+    final MockNM nm2 = rm.registerNode("192.168.0.2:2234", 8 * GB);
+    rm.drainEvents();
+    final CapacityScheduler cs =
+        (CapacityScheduler) rm.getRMContext().getScheduler();
+    SchedulerNode sn1 = cs.getSchedulerNode(nm1.getNodeId());
+    final RMNode rmNode1 = cs.getNode(nm1.getNodeId()).getRMNode();
+    SchedulerNode sn2 = cs.getSchedulerNode(nm2.getNodeId());
+
+    // launch app1-am on nm1
+    RMApp app1 = rm.submitApp(1 * GB, "app1", "user", null, false, "default",
+        YarnConfiguration.DEFAULT_RM_AM_MAX_ATTEMPTS, null, null, true, true);
+    MockAM am1 = MockRM.launchAndRegisterAM(app1, rm, nm1);
+
+    // app2 asks 1 * 1G container
+    am1.allocate(ImmutableList.of(ResourceRequest
+        .newInstance(Priority.newInstance(0), "*",
+            Resources.createResource(1 * GB), 1)), null);
+    final RMContainer amContainer = cs.getRMContainer(
+        ContainerId.newContainerId(am1.getApplicationAttemptId(), 1));
+
+    // spy CapacityScheduler
+    final CapacityScheduler spyCs = Mockito.spy(cs);
+    // hook CapacityScheduler#submitResourceCommitRequest
+    final List<CSAssignment> assignmentSnapshots = new ArrayList<>();
+    Mockito.doAnswer(new Answer<Object>() {
+      public Boolean answer(InvocationOnMock invocation) throws Exception {
+        CSAssignment assignment = (CSAssignment) invocation.getArguments()[1];
+        if (cs.getNode(nm1.getNodeId()) != null) {
+          // decommission nm1 for first allocation on nm1
+          cs.getRMContext().getDispatcher().getEventHandler().handle(
+              new RMNodeEvent(nm1.getNodeId(), RMNodeEventType.DECOMMISSION));
+          rm.drainEvents();
+          Assert.assertEquals(NodeState.DECOMMISSIONED, rmNode1.getState());
+          Assert.assertNull(cs.getNode(nm1.getNodeId()));
+          assignmentSnapshots.add(assignment);
+        } else {
+          // add am container on nm1 to containersToKill
+          // for second allocation on nm2
+          assignment.setContainersToKill(ImmutableList.of(amContainer));
+        }
+        // check no NPE in actual submit, before YARN-8233 will throw NPE
+        cs.submitResourceCommitRequest((Resource) invocation.getArguments()[0],
+            assignment);
+        return false;
+      }
+    }).when(spyCs).submitResourceCommitRequest(Mockito.any(Resource.class),
+        Mockito.any(CSAssignment.class));
+
+    // allocation on nm1, test return null when get scheduler container
+    PlacementSet<FiCaSchedulerNode> candidateNodeSet =
+        new SimplePlacementSet(sn1);
+    spyCs.allocateContainersToNode(candidateNodeSet, false);
+    // make sure unconfirmed resource is decreased correctly
+    Assert.assertTrue(spyCs.getApplicationAttempt(am1.getApplicationAttemptId())
+        .hasPendingResourceRequest(
+            rm.getResourceScheduler().getResourceCalculator(),
+            RMNodeLabelsManager.NO_LABEL,
+            rm.getResourceScheduler().getClusterResource(),
+            SchedulingMode.RESPECT_PARTITION_EXCLUSIVITY));
+
+    // allocation on nm2,
+    // test return null when get scheduler container to release
+    candidateNodeSet =
+        new SimplePlacementSet(sn2);
+    spyCs.allocateContainersToNode(candidateNodeSet, false);
+    // make sure unconfirmed resource is decreased correctly
+    Assert.assertTrue(spyCs.getApplicationAttempt(am1.getApplicationAttemptId())
+        .hasPendingResourceRequest(
+            rm.getResourceScheduler().getResourceCalculator(),
+            RMNodeLabelsManager.NO_LABEL,
+            rm.getResourceScheduler().getClusterResource(),
+            SchedulingMode.RESPECT_PARTITION_EXCLUSIVITY));
+
+    rm.stop();
+  }
+
   private void allocateAndLaunchContainers(MockAM am, MockNM nm, MockRM rm,
       int nContainer, Resource resource, int priority, int startContainerId)
       throws Exception {