diff --git a/packages/core/src/di/interface/defs.ts b/packages/core/src/di/interface/defs.ts
index 55e76bb804..f6c3b935a2 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/di/interface/defs.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/di/interface/defs.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export interface ɵɵInjectableDef<T> {
   /**
    * Factory method to execute to create an instance of the injectable.
    */
-  factory: () => T;
+  factory: (t?: Type<any>) => T;
 
   /**
    * In a case of no explicit injector, a location where the instance of the injectable is stored.
diff --git a/packages/core/src/di/jit/environment.ts b/packages/core/src/di/jit/environment.ts
index 9bd8141b10..302a2eec70 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/di/jit/environment.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/di/jit/environment.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export const angularCoreDiEnv: {[name: string]: Function} = {
   'ɵɵgetFactoryOf': getFactoryOf,
 };
 
-function getFactoryOf<T>(type: Type<any>): ((type: Type<T>| null) => T)|null {
+function getFactoryOf<T>(type: Type<any>): ((type?: Type<T>) => T)|null {
   const typeAny = type as any;
   const def = getInjectableDef<T>(typeAny) || getInjectorDef<T>(typeAny);
   if (!def || def.factory === undefined) {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/di.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/di.ts
index c8507b871a..58c8f4bf7a 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/di.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/di.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {assertDefined, assertEqual} from '../util/assert';
 
 import {getComponentDef, getDirectiveDef, getPipeDef} from './definition';
 import {NG_ELEMENT_ID} from './fields';
-import {DirectiveDef} from './interfaces/definition';
+import {DirectiveDef, FactoryFn} from './interfaces/definition';
 import {NO_PARENT_INJECTOR, NodeInjectorFactory, PARENT_INJECTOR, RelativeInjectorLocation, RelativeInjectorLocationFlags, TNODE, isFactory} from './interfaces/injector';
 import {AttributeMarker, TContainerNode, TElementContainerNode, TElementNode, TNode, TNodeFlags, TNodeProviderIndexes, TNodeType} from './interfaces/node';
 import {DECLARATION_VIEW, INJECTOR, LView, TData, TVIEW, TView, T_HOST} from './interfaces/view';
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ export class NodeInjector implements Injector {
 /**
  * @codeGenApi
  */
-export function ɵɵgetFactoryOf<T>(type: Type<any>): ((type: Type<T>| null) => T)|null {
+export function ɵɵgetFactoryOf<T>(type: Type<any>): FactoryFn<T>|null {
   const typeAny = type as any;
   const def = getComponentDef<T>(typeAny) || getDirectiveDef<T>(typeAny) ||
       getPipeDef<T>(typeAny) || getInjectableDef<T>(typeAny) || getInjectorDef<T>(typeAny);
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/definition.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/definition.ts
index 5817ec267e..cb4af4b03f 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/definition.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/definition.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export type FactoryFn<T> = {
   /**
    * If no constructor to instantiate is provided, an instance of type T itself is created.
    */
-  (t: null): T;
+  (t?: undefined): T;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/pipe.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/pipe.ts
index a1168e366c..43a1939127 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/pipe.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/pipe.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export function ɵɵpipe(index: number, pipeName: string): any {
     pipeDef = tView.data[adjustedIndex] as PipeDef<any>;
   }
 
-  const pipeInstance = pipeDef.factory(null);
+  const pipeInstance = pipeDef.factory();
   store(index, pipeInstance);
   return pipeInstance;
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/test/render3/ivy/jit_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/render3/ivy/jit_spec.ts
index d0bf5b9e44..c9280808e6 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/render3/ivy/jit_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/render3/ivy/jit_spec.ts
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ ivyEnabled && describe('render3 jit', () => {
     const pipeDef = (P as any).ngPipeDef as PipeDef<P>;
     expect(pipeDef.name).toBe('test-pipe');
     expect(pipeDef.pure).toBe(false, 'pipe should not be pure');
-    expect(pipeDef.factory(null) instanceof P)
+    expect(pipeDef.factory() instanceof P)
         .toBe(true, 'factory() should create an instance of the pipe');
   });
 
diff --git a/tools/public_api_guard/core/core.d.ts b/tools/public_api_guard/core/core.d.ts
index 92c4521d98..e3be97aa64 100644
--- a/tools/public_api_guard/core/core.d.ts
+++ b/tools/public_api_guard/core/core.d.ts
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ export declare function ɵɵenableBindings(): void;
 
 export declare function ɵɵgetCurrentView(): OpaqueViewState;
 
-export declare function ɵɵgetFactoryOf<T>(type: Type<any>): ((type: Type<T> | null) => T) | null;
+export declare function ɵɵgetFactoryOf<T>(type: Type<any>): FactoryFn<T> | null;
 
 export declare function ɵɵgetInheritedFactory<T>(type: Type<any>): (type: Type<T>) => T;
 
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ export declare function ɵɵinject<T>(token: Type<T> | InjectionToken<T>): T;
 export declare function ɵɵinject<T>(token: Type<T> | InjectionToken<T>, flags?: InjectFlags): T | null;
 
 export interface ɵɵInjectableDef<T> {
-    factory: () => T;
+    factory: (t?: Type<any>) => T;
     providedIn: InjectorType<any> | 'root' | 'any' | null;
     token: unknown;
     value: T | undefined;