diff --git a/tez-dag/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/dag/app/DAGAppMaster.java b/tez-dag/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/dag/app/DAGAppMaster.java
index 263ac76b4c..9c7cc18b60 100644
--- a/tez-dag/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/dag/app/DAGAppMaster.java
+++ b/tez-dag/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/dag/app/DAGAppMaster.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Calendar;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
@@ -936,6 +937,15 @@ public void handle(DAGAppMasterEvent event) {
   protected class DAGAppMasterShutdownHandler {
     private AtomicBoolean shutdownHandled = new AtomicBoolean(false);
     private long sleepTimeBeforeExit = TezConstants.TEZ_DAG_SLEEP_TIME_BEFORE_EXIT;
+    private long shutdownTime;
+
+    public Date getShutdownTime() {
+      return new Date(shutdownTime);
+    }
+
+    public void setShutdownTime(long shutdownTime) {
+      this.shutdownTime = shutdownTime;
+    }
 
     void setSleepTimeBeforeExit(long sleepTimeBeforeExit) {
       this.sleepTimeBeforeExit = sleepTimeBeforeExit;
@@ -954,6 +964,7 @@ public void shutdown(boolean now) {
 
       synchronized (shutdownHandlerRunning) {
         shutdownHandlerRunning.set(true);
+        setShutdownTime(System.currentTimeMillis());
       }
       LOG.info("Handling DAGAppMaster shutdown");
 
@@ -1680,9 +1691,11 @@ public HadoopShim getHadoopShim() {
 
     @Override
     public Map<ApplicationAccessType, String> getApplicationACLs() {
-      if (getServiceState() != STATE.STARTED) {
+      STATE serviceState = getServiceState();
+      if (serviceState != STATE.STARTED) {
         throw new TezUncheckedException(
-            "Cannot get ApplicationACLs before all services have started");
+            "Cannot get ApplicationACLs before all services have started, The current service state is " + serviceState
+                + "." + getShutdownTimeString());
       }
       return taskSchedulerManager.getApplicationAcls();
     }
@@ -1743,6 +1756,13 @@ public void setQueueName(String queueName) {
     }
   }
 
+  private String getShutdownTimeString() {
+    if (shutdownHandler != null && shutdownHandler.getShutdownTime() != null) {
+      return " The shutdown hook started at " + shutdownHandler.getShutdownTime();
+    }
+    return "";
+  }
+
   private static class ServiceWithDependency implements ServiceStateChangeListener {
     ServiceWithDependency(Service service) {
       this.service = service;
diff --git a/tez-dag/src/test/java/org/apache/tez/dag/app/TestDAGAppMaster.java b/tez-dag/src/test/java/org/apache/tez/dag/app/TestDAGAppMaster.java
index bb1e6de505..46e8c98510 100644
--- a/tez-dag/src/test/java/org/apache/tez/dag/app/TestDAGAppMaster.java
+++ b/tez-dag/src/test/java/org/apache/tez/dag/app/TestDAGAppMaster.java
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.token.SecretManager;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.token.Token;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.token.TokenIdentifier;
-import org.apache.hadoop.util.Progressable;
+import org.apache.hadoop.test.LambdaTestUtils;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.Time;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationAttemptId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ContainerId;
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@
 import org.apache.tez.dag.api.NamedEntityDescriptor;
 import org.apache.tez.dag.api.TezConfiguration;
 import org.apache.tez.dag.api.TezConstants;
+import org.apache.tez.dag.api.TezUncheckedException;
 import org.apache.tez.dag.api.UserPayload;
 import org.apache.tez.dag.api.records.DAGProtos;
 import org.apache.tez.dag.api.records.DAGProtos.AMPluginDescriptorProto;
@@ -67,18 +69,19 @@
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.DataInput;
 import java.io.DataInputStream;
 import java.io.DataOutput;
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
-import java.net.URI;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -493,6 +496,26 @@ public void testDagCredentialsWithMerge() throws Exception {
     testDagCredentials(true);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testGetACLFailure() throws Exception {
+    ApplicationId appId = ApplicationId.newInstance(1, 1);
+    ApplicationAttemptId attemptId = ApplicationAttemptId.newInstance(appId, 2);
+    DAGAppMasterForTest dam = new DAGAppMasterForTest(attemptId, true);
+    TezConfiguration conf = new TezConfiguration(false);
+    conf.setBoolean(TezConfiguration.DAG_RECOVERY_ENABLED, false);
+    dam.init(conf);
+    LambdaTestUtils.intercept(TezUncheckedException.class,
+        "Cannot get ApplicationACLs before all services have started, The current service state is INITED",
+        () -> dam.getContext().getApplicationACLs());
+    dam.start();
+    dam.stop();
+    Mockito.when(dam.mockShutdown.getShutdownTime()).thenReturn(Date.from(Instant.ofEpochMilli(Time.now())));
+    LambdaTestUtils.intercept(TezUncheckedException.class,
+        " Cannot get ApplicationACLs before all services have started, "
+            + "The current service state is STOPPED. The shutdown hook started at "
+            + dam.mockShutdown.getShutdownTime(), () -> dam.getContext().getApplicationACLs());
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testBadProgress() throws Exception {
     TezConfiguration conf = new TezConfiguration();