diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/CoarseGrainedSchedulerBackend.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/CoarseGrainedSchedulerBackend.scala
index 5349426345a08..33500d967ebb1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/CoarseGrainedSchedulerBackend.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/CoarseGrainedSchedulerBackend.scala
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class CoarseGrainedSchedulerBackend(scheduler: TaskSchedulerImpl, actorSystem: A
 {
   // Use an atomic variable to track total number of cores in the cluster for simplicity and speed
   var totalCoreCount = new AtomicInteger(0)
-  var totalExecutors = new AtomicInteger(0)
+  var totalRegisteredExecutors = new AtomicInteger(0)
   val conf = scheduler.sc.conf
   private val timeout = AkkaUtils.askTimeout(conf)
   private val akkaFrameSize = AkkaUtils.maxFrameSizeBytes(conf)
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class CoarseGrainedSchedulerBackend(scheduler: TaskSchedulerImpl, actorSystem: A
           executorAddress(executorId) = sender.path.address
           addressToExecutorId(sender.path.address) = executorId
           totalCoreCount.addAndGet(cores)
-          totalExecutors.addAndGet(1)
+          totalRegisteredExecutors.addAndGet(1)
           makeOffers()
         }
 
diff --git a/yarn/common/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/YarnClientSchedulerBackend.scala b/yarn/common/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/YarnClientSchedulerBackend.scala
index 8217440a14185..833e249f9f612 100644
--- a/yarn/common/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/YarnClientSchedulerBackend.scala
+++ b/yarn/common/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/YarnClientSchedulerBackend.scala
@@ -151,6 +151,6 @@ private[spark] class YarnClientSchedulerBackend(
   }
 
   override def sufficientResourcesRegistered(): Boolean = {
-    totalExecutors.get() >= totalExpectedExecutors * minRegisteredRatio
+    totalRegisteredExecutors.get() >= totalExpectedExecutors * minRegisteredRatio
   }
 }
diff --git a/yarn/common/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/YarnClusterSchedulerBackend.scala b/yarn/common/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/YarnClusterSchedulerBackend.scala
index 82ca4efded740..55665220a6f96 100644
--- a/yarn/common/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/YarnClusterSchedulerBackend.scala
+++ b/yarn/common/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/YarnClusterSchedulerBackend.scala
@@ -35,16 +35,16 @@ private[spark] class YarnClusterSchedulerBackend(
 
   override def start() {
     super.start()
-    var numExecutors = ApplicationMasterArguments.DEFAULT_NUMBER_EXECUTORS
+    totalExpectedExecutors = ApplicationMasterArguments.DEFAULT_NUMBER_EXECUTORS
     if (System.getenv("SPARK_EXECUTOR_INSTANCES") != null) {
-      numExecutors = IntParam.unapply(System.getenv("SPARK_EXECUTOR_INSTANCES")).getOrElse(numExecutors)
+      totalExpectedExecutors = IntParam.unapply(System.getenv("SPARK_EXECUTOR_INSTANCES"))
+        .getOrElse(totalExpectedExecutors)
     }
     // System property can override environment variable.
-    numExecutors = sc.getConf.getInt("spark.executor.instances", numExecutors)
-    totalExpectedExecutors = numExecutors
+    totalExpectedExecutors = sc.getConf.getInt("spark.executor.instances", totalExpectedExecutors)
   }
 
   override def sufficientResourcesRegistered(): Boolean = {
-    totalExecutors.get() >= totalExpectedExecutors * minRegisteredRatio
+    totalRegisteredExecutors.get() >= totalExpectedExecutors * minRegisteredRatio
   }
 }