diff --git a/tez-dag/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/dag/app/dag/impl/OutputCommitterContextImpl.java b/tez-dag/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/dag/app/dag/impl/OutputCommitterContextImpl.java
index c6ffe08bf1..06be989b9e 100644
--- a/tez-dag/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/dag/app/dag/impl/OutputCommitterContextImpl.java
+++ b/tez-dag/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/dag/app/dag/impl/OutputCommitterContextImpl.java
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ public OutputCommitterContextImpl(ApplicationId applicationId,
                                     int dagAttemptNumber,
                                     String dagName,
                                     String vertexName,
-                                    int dagIdentifier, int vertexIdx, RootInputLeafOutput<OutputDescriptor, OutputCommitterDescriptor> output) {
+                                    int dagIdentifier,
+                                    int vertexIdx,
+                                    RootInputLeafOutput<OutputDescriptor, OutputCommitterDescriptor> output) {
     Objects.requireNonNull(applicationId, "applicationId is null");
     Objects.requireNonNull(dagName, "dagName is null");
     Objects.requireNonNull(vertexName, "vertexName is null");
diff --git a/tez-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/mapreduce/committer/MROutputCommitter.java b/tez-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/mapreduce/committer/MROutputCommitter.java
index 5afb4e0e43..4a648dc901 100644
--- a/tez-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/mapreduce/committer/MROutputCommitter.java
+++ b/tez-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/mapreduce/committer/MROutputCommitter.java
@@ -79,9 +79,7 @@ public void initialize() throws IOException {
     jobConf.getCredentials().mergeAll(UserGroupInformation.getCurrentUser().getCredentials());
     jobConf.setInt(MRJobConfig.APPLICATION_ATTEMPT_ID,
         getContext().getDAGAttemptNumber());
-    jobConf.set(MRJobConfig.JOB_COMMITTER_UUID, Utils.getDAGID(
-            getContext().getApplicationId(),
-            getContext().getDagIdentifier()));
+    jobConf.set(MRJobConfig.JOB_COMMITTER_UUID, Utils.getDAGID(getContext()));
     jobConf.setInt(MRJobConfig.VERTEX_ID, getContext().getVertexIndex());
     committer = getOutputCommitter(getContext());
     jobContext = getJobContextFromVertexContext(getContext());
diff --git a/tez-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/mapreduce/common/Utils.java b/tez-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/mapreduce/common/Utils.java
index 21e9f1ae4b..4fa0365850 100644
--- a/tez-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/mapreduce/common/Utils.java
+++ b/tez-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/mapreduce/common/Utils.java
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 import org.apache.tez.common.counters.TezCounter;
 import org.apache.tez.dag.records.TezDAGID;
 import org.apache.tez.mapreduce.hadoop.mapred.MRCounters;
+import org.apache.tez.runtime.api.OutputCommitterContext;
+import org.apache.tez.runtime.api.OutputContext;
 
 @Private
 public final class Utils {
@@ -66,7 +68,11 @@ public static Counter getMRCounter(TezCounter tezCounter) {
     return new MRCounters.MRCounter(tezCounter);
   }
 
-  public static String getDAGID(ApplicationId id, int dagIdentifier) {
-    return TezDAGID.getInstance(id, dagIdentifier).toString();
+  public static String getDAGID(OutputCommitterContext context) {
+    return TezDAGID.getInstance(context.getApplicationId(), context.getDagIdentifier()).toString();
+  }
+
+  public static String getDAGID(OutputContext context) {
+    return TezDAGID.getInstance(context.getApplicationId(), context.getDagIdentifier()).toString();
   }
 }
diff --git a/tez-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/mapreduce/output/MROutput.java b/tez-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/mapreduce/output/MROutput.java
index 91ec9ac797..b8ac1b3a54 100644
--- a/tez-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/mapreduce/output/MROutput.java
+++ b/tez-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/mapreduce/output/MROutput.java
@@ -414,8 +414,7 @@ protected List<Event> initializeBase() throws IOException, InterruptedException
     }
     jobConf.setInt(MRJobConfig.APPLICATION_ATTEMPT_ID,
         getContext().getDAGAttemptNumber());
-    jobConf.set(MRJobConfig.JOB_COMMITTER_UUID, Utils.getDAGID(getContext().getApplicationId(),
-            getContext().getDagIdentifier()));
+    jobConf.set(MRJobConfig.JOB_COMMITTER_UUID, Utils.getDAGID(getContext()));
     TaskAttemptID taskAttemptId = org.apache.tez.mapreduce.hadoop.mapreduce.TaskAttemptContextImpl
         .createMockTaskAttemptID(getContext().getApplicationId().getClusterTimestamp(),
             getContext().getTaskVertexIndex(), getContext().getApplicationId().getId(),
diff --git a/tez-mapreduce/src/test/java/org/apache/tez/mapreduce/output/TestMROutput.java b/tez-mapreduce/src/test/java/org/apache/tez/mapreduce/output/TestMROutput.java
index 27b72aac7c..3359a6eda2 100644
--- a/tez-mapreduce/src/test/java/org/apache/tez/mapreduce/output/TestMROutput.java
+++ b/tez-mapreduce/src/test/java/org/apache/tez/mapreduce/output/TestMROutput.java
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ public void testJobUUIDSet() throws Exception {
     String dagID = output.jobConf.get(MRJobConfig.JOB_COMMITTER_UUID, invalidDAGID);
     assertNotEquals(dagID, invalidDAGID);
     assertNotEquals(output.jobConf.get(org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobContext.TASK_ATTEMPT_ID), dagID);
-    assertEquals(dagID, Utils.getDAGID(outputContext.getApplicationId(), outputContext.getDagIdentifier()));
+    assertEquals(dagID, Utils.getDAGID(outputContext));
   }
 
   @Test(timeout = 5000)