diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/component_ref.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/component_ref.ts
index 4bc2479416..8a37abae32 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/component_ref.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/component_ref.ts
@@ -169,8 +169,6 @@ export class ComponentFactory<T> extends viewEngine_ComponentFactory<T> {
     let component: T;
     let tElementNode: TElementNode;
     try {
-      if (rendererFactory.begin) rendererFactory.begin();
-
       const componentView = createRootComponentView(
           hostRNode, this.componentDef, rootLView, rendererFactory, renderer);
 
@@ -216,7 +214,6 @@ export class ComponentFactory<T> extends viewEngine_ComponentFactory<T> {
       refreshDescendantViews(rootLView);
     } finally {
       leaveView(oldLView);
-      if (rendererFactory.end) rendererFactory.end();
     }
 
     const componentRef = new ComponentRef(
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions.ts
index 1daacae89d..77ef8874a4 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions.ts
@@ -395,12 +395,13 @@ function renderComponentOrTemplate<T>(
   const rendererFactory = hostView[RENDERER_FACTORY];
   const oldView = enterView(hostView, hostView[HOST_NODE]);
   const normalExecutionPath = !getCheckNoChangesMode();
+  const creationModeIsActive = isCreationMode(hostView);
   try {
-    if (normalExecutionPath && rendererFactory.begin) {
+    if (normalExecutionPath && !creationModeIsActive && rendererFactory.begin) {
       rendererFactory.begin();
     }
 
-    if (isCreationMode(hostView)) {
+    if (creationModeIsActive) {
       // creation mode pass
       if (templateFn) {
         namespaceHTML();
@@ -415,7 +416,7 @@ function renderComponentOrTemplate<T>(
     templateFn && templateFn(RenderFlags.Update, context !);
     refreshDescendantViews(hostView);
   } finally {
-    if (normalExecutionPath && rendererFactory.end) {
+    if (normalExecutionPath && !creationModeIsActive && rendererFactory.end) {
       rendererFactory.end();
     }
     leaveView(oldView);
diff --git a/packages/core/test/animation/animation_query_integration_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/animation/animation_query_integration_spec.ts
index 2ffa4ee5b6..b144c2893d 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/animation/animation_query_integration_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/animation/animation_query_integration_spec.ts
@@ -803,58 +803,56 @@ import {HostListener} from '../../src/metadata/directives';
         expect(player.element.style.height).toEqual('444px');
       });
 
-      fixmeIvy(
-          'FW-945 - Ivy createComponent calls CD while VE waits for CD to be explicitly called')
-          .it('should find newly inserted items in the component via :enter', () => {
-            @Component({
-              selector: 'ani-cmp',
-              template: `
+      it('should find newly inserted items in the component via :enter', () => {
+        @Component({
+          selector: 'ani-cmp',
+          template: `
             <div @myAnimation>
               <div *ngFor="let item of items" class="child">
                 {{ item }}
               </div>
             </div>
           `,
-              animations: [trigger(
-                  'myAnimation',
-                  [
-                    transition(
-                        ':enter',
-                        [
-                          query(
-                              ':enter',
-                              [
-                                style({opacity: 0}),
-                                animate(1000, style({opacity: .5})),
-                              ]),
-                        ]),
-                  ])]
-            })
-            class Cmp {
-              public items: any[] = [0, 1, 2];
-            }
+          animations: [trigger(
+              'myAnimation',
+              [
+                transition(
+                    ':enter',
+                    [
+                      query(
+                          ':enter',
+                          [
+                            style({opacity: 0}),
+                            animate(1000, style({opacity: .5})),
+                          ]),
+                    ]),
+              ])]
+        })
+        class Cmp {
+          public items: any[] = [0, 1, 2];
+        }
 
-            TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [Cmp]});
+        TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [Cmp]});
 
-            const engine = TestBed.get(ɵAnimationEngine);
-            const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(Cmp);
-            const cmp = fixture.componentInstance;
+        const engine = TestBed.get(ɵAnimationEngine);
+        const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(Cmp);
+        const cmp = fixture.componentInstance;
 
-            fixture.detectChanges();
-            engine.flush();
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+        engine.flush();
 
-            const players = getLog();
-            expect(players.length).toEqual(3);
+        const players = getLog();
+        expect(players.length).toEqual(3);
 
-            const [p1, p2, p3] = players;
-            expect(p1.element.innerText.trim()).toEqual('0');
-            expect(p2.element.innerText.trim()).toEqual('1');
-            expect(p3.element.innerText.trim()).toEqual('2');
+        const [p1, p2, p3] = players;
+        expect(p1.element.innerText.trim()).toEqual('0');
+        expect(p2.element.innerText.trim()).toEqual('1');
+        expect(p3.element.innerText.trim()).toEqual('2');
 
-            players.forEach(p => {
-              expect(p.keyframes).toEqual([{opacity: '0', offset: 0}, {opacity: '0.5', offset: 1}]);
-            });
-          });
+        players.forEach(p => {
+          expect(p.keyframes).toEqual([{opacity: '0', offset: 0}, {opacity: '0.5', offset: 1}]);
+        });
+      });
 
       it('should cleanup :enter and :leave artifacts from nodes when any animation sequences fail to be built',
          () => {
diff --git a/packages/core/test/render3/renderer_factory_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/render3/renderer_factory_spec.ts
index 3fdd05170e..42fc1f4102 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/render3/renderer_factory_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/render3/renderer_factory_spec.ts
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ describe('renderer factory lifecycle', () => {
 
   it('should work with a template', () => {
     renderToHtml(Template, {}, 1, 0, null, null, rendererFactory);
-    expect(logs).toEqual(['create', 'begin', 'function create', 'function update', 'end']);
+    expect(logs).toEqual(['create', 'function create', 'function update']);
 
     logs = [];
     renderToHtml(Template, {});
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ describe('renderer factory lifecycle', () => {
   it('should work with a template which contains a component', () => {
     renderToHtml(TemplateWithComponent, {}, 2, 0, directives, null, rendererFactory);
     expect(logs).toEqual([
-      'create', 'begin', 'function_with_component create', 'create', 'component create',
-      'function_with_component update', 'component update', 'end'
+      'create', 'function_with_component create', 'create', 'component create',
+      'function_with_component update', 'component update'
     ]);
 
     logs = [];