diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/ResourceLocalizationService.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/ResourceLocalizationService.java
index a7f0722e66f8e0..cfb9919ab14b2a 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/ResourceLocalizationService.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/localizer/ResourceLocalizationService.java
@@ -1294,8 +1294,12 @@ public void run() {
           // On error, report failure to Container and signal ABORT
           // Notify resource of failed localization
           ContainerId cId = context.getContainerId();
-          dispatcher.getEventHandler().handle(new ContainerResourceFailedEvent(
-              cId, null, exception.getMessage()));
+          try {
+            dispatcher.getEventHandler().handle(new ContainerResourceFailedEvent(
+                cId, null, exception.getMessage()));
+          } catch (Exception e) {
+            LOG.info("Failed to send container resource failed event for " + cId.toString(), e);
+          }
         }
         List<Path> paths = new ArrayList<Path>();
         for (LocalizerResourceRequestEvent event : scheduled.values()) {