diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/webapp/GenericExceptionHandler.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/webapp/GenericExceptionHandler.java
index 2bad02c9f088e..b8fc9e00541d8 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/webapp/GenericExceptionHandler.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/webapp/GenericExceptionHandler.java
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ public Response toResponse(Exception e) {
         && e.getCause() instanceof UnmarshalException) {
       s = Response.Status.BAD_REQUEST;
     } else {
-      LOG.warn("INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR", e);
-      s = Response.Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+      LOG.warn("SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE", e);
+      s = Response.Status.SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE;
     }
 
     // let jaxb handle marshalling data out in the same format requested