diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/compiler.ts b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/compiler.ts
index 08b6344011..eb1b14ba6d 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/compiler.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/compiler.ts
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ export function compileComponentFromMetadata(
 
   const template = meta.template;
   const templateBuilder = new TemplateDefinitionBuilder(
-      constantPool, BindingScope.ROOT_SCOPE, 0, templateTypeName, null, null, templateName,
+      constantPool, BindingScope.createRootScope(), 0, templateTypeName, null, null, templateName,
       directiveMatcher, directivesUsed, meta.pipes, pipesUsed, R3.namespaceHTML,
       meta.relativeContextFilePath, meta.i18nUseExternalIds);
 
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/template.ts b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/template.ts
index f92a3904ce..b75e162fe7 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/template.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/template.ts
@@ -1605,13 +1605,8 @@ export class BindingScope implements LocalResolver {
   private map = new Map<string, BindingData>();
   private referenceNameIndex = 0;
   private restoreViewVariable: o.ReadVarExpr|null = null;
-  private static _ROOT_SCOPE: BindingScope;
-
-  static get ROOT_SCOPE(): BindingScope {
-    if (!BindingScope._ROOT_SCOPE) {
-      BindingScope._ROOT_SCOPE = new BindingScope().set(0, '$event', o.variable('$event'));
-    }
-    return BindingScope._ROOT_SCOPE;
+  static createRootScope(): BindingScope {
+    return new BindingScope().set(0, '$event', o.variable('$event'));
   }
 
   private constructor(public bindingLevel: number = 0, private parent: BindingScope|null = null) {}