diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/aot/static_reflector.ts b/packages/compiler/src/aot/static_reflector.ts
index bb97bd1676..6af817f97b 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/aot/static_reflector.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/aot/static_reflector.ts
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ export class StaticReflector implements ɵReflectorReader {
               case 'ignore':
                 return expression;
             }
-            return null;
+            return IGNORE;
           }
           return mapStringMap(expression, (value, name) => simplify(value));
         }
diff --git a/packages/compiler/test/aot/static_reflector_spec.ts b/packages/compiler/test/aot/static_reflector_spec.ts
index dd6fc683b3..9ea0ffda15 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/test/aot/static_reflector_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/test/aot/static_reflector_spec.ts
@@ -546,6 +546,30 @@ describe('StaticReflector', () => {
     expect(annotation.providers).toEqual([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]);
   });
 
+  it('should ignore unresolved calls', () => {
+    const data = Object.create(DEFAULT_TEST_DATA);
+    const file = '/tmp/src/invalid-component.ts';
+    data[file] = `
+        import {Component} from '@angular/core';
+        import {unknown} from 'unresolved';
+
+        @Component({
+          selector: 'tmp',
+          template: () => {},
+          providers: [triggers()]
+        })
+        export class BadComponent {
+
+        }
+      `;
+    init(data, [], () => {}, {verboseInvalidExpression: true});
+
+    const badComponent = reflector.getStaticSymbol(file, 'BadComponent');
+    const annotations = reflector.annotations(badComponent);
+    const annotation = annotations[0];
+    expect(annotation.providers).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
   describe('inheritance', () => {
     class ClassDecorator {
       constructor(public value: any) {}
diff --git a/packages/compiler/test/aot/static_symbol_resolver_spec.ts b/packages/compiler/test/aot/static_symbol_resolver_spec.ts
index 9adfc0ebdf..944d6c503c 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/test/aot/static_symbol_resolver_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/test/aot/static_symbol_resolver_spec.ts
@@ -436,6 +436,9 @@ export class MockStaticSymbolResolverHost implements StaticSymbolResolverHost {
       }
       return baseName + '.d.ts';
     }
+    if (modulePath == 'unresolved') {
+      return undefined;
+    }
     return '/tmp/' + modulePath + '.d.ts';
   }