diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/api/protocolrecords/FederationQueueWeight.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/api/protocolrecords/FederationQueueWeight.java
index aa9d114527410..d1b8bcbad04de 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/api/protocolrecords/FederationQueueWeight.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/api/protocolrecords/FederationQueueWeight.java
@@ -170,6 +170,26 @@ public static void checkHeadRoomAlphaValid(String headRoomAlpha) throws YarnExce
     }
   }
 
+  public static void checkPolicyManagerValid(String policyManager) throws YarnException {
+    switch (policyManager) {
+      case "org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.federation.policies.manager.HashBroadcastPolicyManager":
+        throw new YarnException("HashBroadcastPolicyManager does not support the use of queue weights.");
+      case "org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.federation.policies.manager.HomePolicyManager":
+        throw new YarnException("HomePolicyManager does not support the use of queue weights.");
+      case "org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.federation.policies.manager.RejectAllPolicyManager":
+        throw new YarnException("RejectAllPolicyManager does not support the " +
+            "use of queue weights.");
+      case "org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.federation.policies.manager.UniformBroadcastPolicyManager":
+        throw new YarnException("UniformBroadcastPolicyManager does not support the " +
+            "use of queue weights.");
+      case "org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.federation.policies.manager.WeightedLocalityPolicyManager":
+      case "org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.federation.policies.manager.PriorityBroadcastPolicyManager":
+        break;
+      default:
+        throw new YarnException("Unknown PolicyManager");
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Determines whether the given value is a number.
    *
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/cli/RouterCLI.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/cli/RouterCLI.java
index 2da584f9d61bb..c8f7efe5d8ea1 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/cli/RouterCLI.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/client/cli/RouterCLI.java
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
 
 import static org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.api.protocolrecords.FederationQueueWeight.checkHeadRoomAlphaValid;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.api.protocolrecords.FederationQueueWeight.checkSubClusterQueueWeightRatioValid;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.api.protocolrecords.FederationQueueWeight.checkPolicyManagerValid;
 
 public class RouterCLI extends Configured implements Tool {
 
@@ -634,6 +635,8 @@ protected SaveFederationQueuePolicyRequest parsePolicy(String policy) throws Yar
         FederationQueueWeight.newInstance(routerWeight, amrmWeight, headroomalpha);
     String policyManager = getConf().get(YarnConfiguration.FEDERATION_POLICY_MANAGER,
         YarnConfiguration.DEFAULT_FEDERATION_POLICY_MANAGER);
+    checkPolicyManagerValid(policyManager);
+
     SaveFederationQueuePolicyRequest request = SaveFederationQueuePolicyRequest.newInstance(
         queue, federationQueueWeight, policyManager);
 
@@ -654,6 +657,11 @@ protected SaveFederationQueuePolicyRequest parsePolicy(String policy) throws Yar
    */
   protected int parseXml2PoliciesAndBatchSavePolicies(String policiesXml) {
     try {
+
+      String policyManager = getConf().get(YarnConfiguration.FEDERATION_POLICY_MANAGER,
+          YarnConfiguration.DEFAULT_FEDERATION_POLICY_MANAGER);
+      checkPolicyManagerValid(policyManager);
+
       List<FederationQueueWeight> federationQueueWeightsList = parsePoliciesByXml(policiesXml);
       MemoryPageUtils<FederationQueueWeight> memoryPageUtils = new MemoryPageUtils<>(20);
       federationQueueWeightsList.forEach(federationQueueWeight ->
@@ -726,7 +734,6 @@ protected List<FederationQueueWeight> parsePoliciesByXml(String policiesXml)
 
             String policyManager = getConf().get(YarnConfiguration.FEDERATION_POLICY_MANAGER,
                 YarnConfiguration.DEFAULT_FEDERATION_POLICY_MANAGER);
-
             LOG.debug("Queue: {}, AmrmPolicyWeights: {}, RouterWeight: {}, HeadroomAlpha: {}.",
                 queueName, amrmWeight, routerWeight, headroomAlpha);