diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-router/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/router/clientrm/FederationClientInterceptor.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-router/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/router/clientrm/FederationClientInterceptor.java
index 4f9cbd603b509..6884381e99a5c 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-router/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/router/clientrm/FederationClientInterceptor.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-router/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/router/clientrm/FederationClientInterceptor.java
@@ -667,9 +667,15 @@ public KillApplicationResponse forceKillApplication(
       // If kill home sub-cluster application is successful,
       // we will try to kill the same application in other sub-clusters.
       if (response != null) {
-        ClientMethod remoteMethod = new ClientMethod("forceKillApplication",
-            new Class[]{KillApplicationRequest.class}, new Object[]{request});
-        invokeConcurrent(remoteMethod, KillApplicationResponse.class, subClusterId);
+        try {
+          ClientMethod remoteMethod = new ClientMethod("forceKillApplication",
+              new Class[]{KillApplicationRequest.class}, new Object[]{request});
+          invokeConcurrent(remoteMethod, KillApplicationResponse.class, subClusterId);
+        } catch (YarnException e) {
+          // We cannot confirm whether the application exists in other sub-clusters,
+          // so this method may throw an error, which we should ignore.
+          LOG.warn("The execution of forceKillApplication failed in the sub-cluster.", e);
+        }
       }
     } catch (Exception e) {
       routerMetrics.incrAppsFailedKilled();