diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/r3_view_compiler_binding_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/r3_view_compiler_binding_spec.ts
index bd7c47f1c7..c1368a8ae7 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/r3_view_compiler_binding_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/r3_view_compiler_binding_spec.ts
@@ -218,8 +218,25 @@ describe('compiler compliance: bindings', () => {
         }
       `;
       const result = compile(files, angularFiles);
-      expectEmit(result.source, template, 'Incorrect handling of local refs for nested elements');
+      expectEmit(result.source, template, 'Incorrect handling of property bindings and listeners');
     });
+
+    it('should not generate extra instructions for elements with no children', () => {
+      const files: MockDirectory = getAppFiles(`
+        <div ngNonBindable></div>
+      `);
+
+      const template = `
+        template:function MyComponent_Template(rf, $ctx$){
+          if (rf & 1) {
+            $i0$.ɵelement(0, "div");
+          }
+        }
+      `;
+      const result = compile(files, angularFiles);
+      expectEmit(result.source, template, 'Incorrect handling of elements with no children');
+    });
+
   });
 
 });
diff --git a/packages/core/test/render3/integration_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/render3/integration_spec.ts
index da08bab78c..521c99b4a8 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/render3/integration_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/render3/integration_spec.ts
@@ -7,13 +7,12 @@
  */
 
 import {ElementRef, TemplateRef, ViewContainerRef} from '@angular/core';
-import {RenderFlags} from '@angular/core/src/render3';
 
 import {RendererStyleFlags2, RendererType2} from '../../src/render/api';
 import {AttributeMarker, defineComponent, defineDirective} from '../../src/render3/index';
 
 import {NO_CHANGE, bind, container, containerRefreshEnd, containerRefreshStart, element, elementAttribute, elementClassProp, elementContainerEnd, elementContainerStart, elementEnd, elementProperty, elementStart, elementStyleProp, elementStyling, elementStylingApply, embeddedViewEnd, embeddedViewStart, setBindingsEnabled, setBindingsDisabled, interpolation1, interpolation2, interpolation3, interpolation4, interpolation5, interpolation6, interpolation7, interpolation8, interpolationV, listener, load, loadDirective, projection, projectionDef, reference, text, textBinding, template} from '../../src/render3/instructions';
-import {InitialStylingFlags} from '../../src/render3/interfaces/definition';
+import {InitialStylingFlags, RenderFlags} from '../../src/render3/interfaces/definition';
 import {RElement, Renderer3, RendererFactory3, domRendererFactory3, RText, RComment, RNode, RendererStyleFlags3, ProceduralRenderer3} from '../../src/render3/interfaces/renderer';
 import {HEADER_OFFSET, CONTEXT, DIRECTIVES} from '../../src/render3/interfaces/view';
 import {sanitizeUrl} from '../../src/sanitization/sanitization';