diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/element.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/element.ts
index 3b6eb3e4116ea..26a2294dc6c43 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/element.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/element.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export function ɵɵelementStart(
     ngDevMode && ngDevMode.firstTemplatePass++;
     resolveDirectives(tView, lView, tNode, localRefs || null);
 
-    const inputData = initializeTNodeInputs(tNode);
+    const inputData = initializeTNodeInputs(tView, tNode);
     if (inputData && inputData.hasOwnProperty('class')) {
       tNode.flags |= TNodeFlags.hasClassInput;
     }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/listener.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/listener.ts
index 6b58d46be3a98..33b4a3b6e836f 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/listener.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/listener.ts
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ function listenerInternal(
   if (tNode.outputs === undefined) {
     // if we create TNode here, inputs must be undefined so we know they still need to be
     // checked
-    tNode.outputs = generatePropertyAliases(tNode, BindingDirection.Output);
+    tNode.outputs = generatePropertyAliases(tView, tNode, BindingDirection.Output);
   }
 
   const outputs = tNode.outputs;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts
index dc8587c41d5a6..7b72d90168f2d 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ export function getOrCreateTNode(
   // Keep this function short, so that the VM will inline it.
   const adjustedIndex = index + HEADER_OFFSET;
   const tNode = tView.data[adjustedIndex] as TNode ||
-      createTNodeAtIndex(tView, tHostNode, adjustedIndex, type, name, attrs, index);
+      createTNodeAtIndex(tView, tHostNode, adjustedIndex, type, name, attrs);
   setPreviousOrParentTNode(tNode, true);
   return tNode as TElementNode & TViewNode & TContainerNode & TElementContainerNode &
       TProjectionNode & TIcuContainerNode;
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ export function getOrCreateTNode(
 
 function createTNodeAtIndex(
     tView: TView, tHostNode: TNode | null, adjustedIndex: number, type: TNodeType,
-    name: string | null, attrs: TAttributes | null, index: number) {
+    name: string | null, attrs: TAttributes | null) {
   const previousOrParentTNode = getPreviousOrParentTNode();
   const isParent = getIsParent();
   const parent =
@@ -231,9 +231,10 @@ function createTNodeAtIndex(
   const tParentNode = parentInSameView ? parent as TElementNode | TContainerNode : null;
   const tNode = tView.data[adjustedIndex] =
       createTNode(tView, tParentNode, type, adjustedIndex, name, attrs);
-  // The first node is not always the one at index 0, in case of i18n, index 0 can be the
-  // instruction `i18nStart` and the first node has the index 1 or more
-  if (index === 0 || !tView.firstChild) {
+  // Assign a pointer to the first child node of a given view. The first node is not always the one
+  // at index 0, in case of i18n, index 0 can be the instruction `i18nStart` and the first node has
+  // the index 1 or more, so we can't just check node index.
+  if (tView.firstChild === null) {
     tView.firstChild = tNode;
   }
   if (previousOrParentTNode) {
@@ -812,9 +813,8 @@ export function createTNode(
  * @param direction whether to consider inputs or outputs
  * @returns PropertyAliases|null aggregate of all properties if any, `null` otherwise
  */
-export function generatePropertyAliases(tNode: TNode, direction: BindingDirection): PropertyAliases|
-    null {
-  const tView = getLView()[TVIEW];
+export function generatePropertyAliases(
+    tView: TView, tNode: TNode, direction: BindingDirection): PropertyAliases|null {
   let propStore: PropertyAliases|null = null;
   const start = tNode.directiveStart;
   const end = tNode.directiveEnd;
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ export function elementPropertyInternal<T>(
   const tNode = getTNode(index, lView);
   let inputData: PropertyAliases|null|undefined;
   let dataValue: PropertyAliasValue|undefined;
-  if (!nativeOnly && (inputData = initializeTNodeInputs(tNode)) &&
+  if (!nativeOnly && (inputData = initializeTNodeInputs(lView[TVIEW], tNode)) &&
       (dataValue = inputData[propName])) {
     setInputsForProperty(lView, dataValue, value);
     if (isComponent(tNode)) markDirtyIfOnPush(lView, index + HEADER_OFFSET);
@@ -1785,12 +1785,12 @@ export function storeBindingMetadata(lView: LView, prefix = '', suffix = ''): st
 
 export const CLEAN_PROMISE = _CLEAN_PROMISE;
 
-export function initializeTNodeInputs(tNode: TNode): PropertyAliases|null {
+export function initializeTNodeInputs(tView: TView, tNode: TNode): PropertyAliases|null {
   // If tNode.inputs is undefined, a listener has created outputs, but inputs haven't
   // yet been checked.
   if (tNode.inputs === undefined) {
     // mark inputs as checked
-    tNode.inputs = generatePropertyAliases(tNode, BindingDirection.Input);
+    tNode.inputs = generatePropertyAliases(tView, tNode, BindingDirection.Input);
   }
   return tNode.inputs;
 }