diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/template_parser/template_parser.ts b/packages/compiler/src/template_parser/template_parser.ts
index 2323b8f683..7b21dd0103 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/template_parser/template_parser.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/template_parser/template_parser.ts
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ export class TemplateParser {
   constructor(
       private _config: CompilerConfig, private _reflector: CompileReflector,
       private _exprParser: Parser, private _schemaRegistry: ElementSchemaRegistry,
-      private _htmlParser: HtmlParser, private _console: Console,
+      private _htmlParser: HtmlParser, private _console: Console|null,
       public transforms: t.TemplateAstVisitor[]) {}
 
   public get expressionParser() {
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export class TemplateParser {
     const errors = result.errors!.filter(error => error.level === ParseErrorLevel.ERROR);
 
     if (warnings.length > 0) {
-      this._console.warn(`Template parse warnings:\n${warnings.join('\n')}`);
+      this._console?.warn(`Template parse warnings:\n${warnings.join('\n')}`);
     }
 
     if (errors.length > 0) {
diff --git a/packages/language-service/src/typescript_host.ts b/packages/language-service/src/typescript_host.ts
index 324f9d1a6b..cdf522a6e6 100644
--- a/packages/language-service/src/typescript_host.ts
+++ b/packages/language-service/src/typescript_host.ts
@@ -516,8 +516,8 @@ export class TypeScriptServiceHost implements LanguageServiceHost {
     const parser = new TemplateParser(
         new CompilerConfig(), this.reflector, expressionParser, new DomElementSchemaRegistry(),
         htmlParser,
-        null!,  // console
-        []      // tranforms
+        null,  // console
+        []     // tranforms
     );
     const htmlResult = htmlParser.parse(template.source, fileName, {
       tokenizeExpansionForms: true,