diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/component_ref.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/component_ref.ts
index 2f0bebd813..20be059c13 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/component_ref.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/component_ref.ts
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ export class ComponentFactory<T> extends viewEngine_ComponentFactory<T> {
     namespaceHTMLInternal();
     const hostRNode = rootSelectorOrNode ?
         locateHostElement(rendererFactory, rootSelectorOrNode) :
-        elementCreate(this.selector, rendererFactory.createRenderer(null, this.componentDef));
+        elementCreate(this.selector, rendererFactory.createRenderer(null, this.componentDef), null);
 
     const rootFlags = this.componentDef.onPush ? LViewFlags.Dirty | LViewFlags.IsRoot :
                                                  LViewFlags.CheckAlways | LViewFlags.IsRoot;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/element.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/element.ts
index e9197f14e8..3b6eb3e411 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/element.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/element.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import {isContentQueryHost} from '../interfaces/type_checks';
 import {BINDING_INDEX, HEADER_OFFSET, LView, RENDERER, TVIEW, T_HOST} from '../interfaces/view';
 import {assertNodeType} from '../node_assert';
 import {appendChild} from '../node_manipulation';
-import {decreaseElementDepthCount, getElementDepthCount, getIsParent, getLView, getPreviousOrParentTNode, getSelectedIndex, increaseElementDepthCount, setIsNotParent, setPreviousOrParentTNode} from '../state';
+import {decreaseElementDepthCount, getElementDepthCount, getIsParent, getLView, getNamespace, getPreviousOrParentTNode, getSelectedIndex, increaseElementDepthCount, setIsNotParent, setPreviousOrParentTNode} from '../state';
 import {registerInitialStylingOnTNode} from '../styling_next/instructions';
 import {StylingMapArray, TStylingContext} from '../styling_next/interfaces';
 import {getInitialStylingValue, hasClassInput, hasStyleInput} from '../styling_next/util';
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ export function ɵɵelementStart(
 
   ngDevMode && ngDevMode.rendererCreateElement++;
   ngDevMode && assertDataInRange(lView, index + HEADER_OFFSET);
-  const native = lView[index + HEADER_OFFSET] = elementCreate(name);
   const renderer = lView[RENDERER];
+  const native = lView[index + HEADER_OFFSET] = elementCreate(name, renderer, getNamespace());
   const tNode =
       getOrCreateTNode(tView, lView[T_HOST], index, TNodeType.Element, name, attrs || null);
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts
index 27245b4bad..f22dfd9d2c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts
@@ -197,26 +197,19 @@ function refreshChildComponents(hostLView: LView, components: number[]): void {
 /**
  * Creates a native element from a tag name, using a renderer.
  * @param name the tag name
- * @param overriddenRenderer Optional A renderer to override the default one
+ * @param renderer A renderer to use
  * @returns the element created
  */
-export function elementCreate(name: string, overriddenRenderer?: Renderer3): RElement {
-  let native: RElement;
-  const rendererToUse = overriddenRenderer || getLView()[RENDERER];
-
-  const namespace = getNamespace();
-
-  if (isProceduralRenderer(rendererToUse)) {
-    native = rendererToUse.createElement(name, namespace);
+export function elementCreate(
+    name: string, renderer: Renderer3, namespace: string | null): RElement {
+  if (isProceduralRenderer(renderer)) {
+    return renderer.createElement(name, namespace);
   } else {
-    if (namespace === null) {
-      native = rendererToUse.createElement(name);
-    } else {
-      native = rendererToUse.createElementNS(namespace, name);
-    }
+    return namespace === null ? renderer.createElement(name) :
+                                renderer.createElementNS(namespace, name);
   }
-  return native;
 }
+
 export function createLView<T>(
     parentLView: LView | null, tView: TView, context: T | null, flags: LViewFlags,
     host: RElement | null, tHostNode: TViewNode | TElementNode | null,