diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts
index 58509c4517..ff00a5679c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import {NO_CHANGE} from '../tokens';
 import {isAnimationProp, mergeHostAttrs} from '../util/attrs_utils';
 import {INTERPOLATION_DELIMITER, renderStringify, stringifyForError} from '../util/misc_utils';
 import {getLViewParent} from '../util/view_traversal_utils';
-import {getComponentLViewByIndex, getNativeByIndex, getNativeByTNode, getTNode, isCreationMode, readPatchedLView, resetPreOrderHookFlags, viewAttachedToChangeDetector} from '../util/view_utils';
+import {getComponentLViewByIndex, getNativeByIndex, getNativeByTNode, getTNode, isCreationMode, readPatchedLView, resetPreOrderHookFlags, unwrapLView, viewAttachedToChangeDetector} from '../util/view_utils';
 
 import {selectIndexInternal} from './advance';
 import {LCleanup, LViewBlueprint, MatchesArray, TCleanup, TNodeDebug, TNodeInitialInputs, TNodeLocalNames, TViewComponents, TViewConstructor, attachLContainerDebug, attachLViewDebug, cloneToLViewFromTViewBlueprint, cloneToTViewData} from './lview_debug';
@@ -1934,7 +1934,7 @@ function getTViewCleanup(tView: TView): any[] {
  * instead of the current renderer (see the componentSyntheticHost* instructions).
  */
 export function loadComponentRenderer(tNode: TNode, lView: LView): Renderer3 {
-  const componentLView = lView[tNode.index] as LView;
+  const componentLView = unwrapLView(lView[tNode.index]) !;
   return componentLView[RENDERER];
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/test/acceptance/property_binding_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/acceptance/property_binding_spec.ts
index 802403e593..a2343c9009 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/acceptance/property_binding_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/acceptance/property_binding_spec.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
  * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
+import {state, style, trigger} from '@angular/animations';
 import {CommonModule} from '@angular/common';
-import {Component, Directive, EventEmitter, Input, Output} from '@angular/core';
+import {Component, Directive, EventEmitter, Input, Output, ViewContainerRef} from '@angular/core';
 import {TestBed} from '@angular/core/testing';
 import {By, DomSanitizer, SafeUrl} from '@angular/platform-browser';
 
@@ -598,4 +599,32 @@ describe('property bindings', () => {
 
   });
 
+  it('should not throw on synthetic property bindings when a directive on the same element injects ViewContainerRef',
+     () => {
+       @Component({
+         selector: 'my-comp',
+         template: '',
+         animations: [trigger('trigger', [state('void', style({opacity: 0}))])],
+         host: {'[@trigger]': '"void"'}
+       })
+       class MyComp {
+       }
+
+       @Directive({selector: '[my-dir]'})
+       class MyDir {
+         constructor(public viewContainerRef: ViewContainerRef) {}
+       }
+
+       @Component({template: '<my-comp my-dir></my-comp>'})
+       class App {
+       }
+
+       TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [App, MyDir, MyComp]});
+
+       expect(() => {
+         const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(App);
+         fixture.detectChanges();
+       }).not.toThrow();
+     });
+
 });