diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/i18n.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/i18n.ts
index 386af20d0a..cff91d2278 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/i18n.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/i18n.ts
@@ -834,9 +834,6 @@ export function i18n(index: number, message: string, subTemplateIndex?: number):
 export function i18nAttributes(index: number, values: string[]): void {
   const tView = getLView()[TVIEW];
   ngDevMode && assertDefined(tView, `tView should be defined`);
-  ngDevMode &&
-      assertEqual(
-          tView.firstTemplatePass, true, `You should only call i18nEnd on first template pass`);
   if (tView.firstTemplatePass && tView.data[index + HEADER_OFFSET] === null) {
     i18nAttributesFirstPass(tView, index, values);
   }
diff --git a/packages/core/test/render3/i18n_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/render3/i18n_spec.ts
index 440e43eb93..0db5621dc7 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/render3/i18n_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/render3/i18n_spec.ts
@@ -1359,6 +1359,23 @@ describe('Runtime i18n', () => {
         expect(fixture.html)
             .toEqual(
                 '<div><child><p><any></any><b title="Enfant de Parent">Je suis projeté depuis Parent</b><any></any></p></child></div>');
+
+        // it should be able to render a new component with the same template code
+        const fixture2 = new ComponentFixture(Parent);
+        expect(fixture2.html).toEqual(fixture.html);
+
+        // Updating the fixture should work
+        fixture2.component.name = 'Parent 2';
+        fixture.update();
+        fixture2.update();
+        expect(fixture2.html)
+            .toEqual(
+                '<div><child><p><any></any><b title="Enfant de Parent 2">Je suis projeté depuis Parent 2</b><any></any></p></child></div>');
+
+        // The first fixture should not have changed
+        expect(fixture.html)
+            .toEqual(
+                '<div><child><p><any></any><b title="Enfant de Parent">Je suis projeté depuis Parent</b><any></any></p></child></div>');
       });
 
       it('should re-project translations when multiple projections', () => {