diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts
index 22b86913fa..ff8b4f0488 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_SCHEMA, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA, SchemaMetadata} from '../../me
 import {ViewEncapsulation} from '../../metadata/view';
 import {validateAgainstEventAttributes, validateAgainstEventProperties} from '../../sanitization/sanitization';
 import {Sanitizer} from '../../sanitization/sanitizer';
-import {assertDataInRange, assertDefined, assertDomNode, assertEqual, assertGreaterThan, assertNotEqual, assertNotSame, assertSame} from '../../util/assert';
+import {assertDataInRange, assertDefined, assertDomNode, assertEqual, assertGreaterThan, assertLessThan, assertNotEqual, assertNotSame, assertSame} from '../../util/assert';
 import {createNamedArrayType} from '../../util/named_array_type';
 import {initNgDevMode} from '../../util/ng_dev_mode';
 import {normalizeDebugBindingName, normalizeDebugBindingValue} from '../../util/ng_reflect';
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ export function setHostBindingsByExecutingExpandoInstructions(tView: TView, lVie
         } else {
           // If it's not a number, it's a host binding function that needs to be executed.
           if (instruction !== null) {
+            ngDevMode &&
+                assertLessThan(
+                    currentDirectiveIndex, TNodeProviderIndexes.CptViewProvidersCountShifter,
+                    'Reached the max number of host bindings');
             setBindingRootForHostBindings(bindingRootIndex, currentDirectiveIndex);
             const hostCtx = lView[currentDirectiveIndex];
             instruction(RenderFlags.Update, hostCtx);
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/node.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/node.ts
index edee2c11fd..58284f4c11 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/node.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/node.ts
@@ -87,16 +87,17 @@ export const enum TNodeFlags {
  * Corresponds to the TNode.providerIndexes property.
  */
 export const enum TNodeProviderIndexes {
-  /** The index of the first provider on this node is encoded on the least significant bits */
-  ProvidersStartIndexMask = 0b00000000000000001111111111111111,
+  /** The index of the first provider on this node is encoded on the least significant bits. */
+  ProvidersStartIndexMask = 0b00000000000011111111111111111111,
 
   /**
-     The count of view providers from the component on this node is encoded on the 16 most
-     significant bits
+   * The count of view providers from the component on this node is
+   * encoded on the 20 most significant bits.
    */
-  CptViewProvidersCountShift = 16,
-  CptViewProvidersCountShifter = 0b00000000000000010000000000000000,
+  CptViewProvidersCountShift = 20,
+  CptViewProvidersCountShifter = 0b00000000000100000000000000000000,
 }
+
 /**
  * A set of marker values to be used in the attributes arrays. These markers indicate that some
  * items are not regular attributes and the processing should be adapted accordingly.