diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/di.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/di.ts
index d49f92b73a..3cdbc6c6d4 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/di.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/di.ts
@@ -152,10 +152,6 @@ export function getOrCreateNodeInjectorForNode(
     insertBloom(tView.data, tNode);  // foundation for node bloom
     insertBloom(hostView, null);     // foundation for cumulative bloom
     insertBloom(tView.blueprint, null);
-
-    ngDevMode && assertEqual(
-                     tNode.flags === 0 || tNode.flags === TNodeFlags.isComponentHost, true,
-                     'expected tNode.flags to not be initialized');
   }
 
   const parentLoc = getParentInjectorLocation(tNode, hostView);
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/element.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/element.ts
index 6c8e1eb4a1..c42c9e5860 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/element.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/element.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {assertDataInRange, assertDefined, assertEqual} from '../../util/assert';
 import {assertHasParent} from '../assert';
 import {attachPatchData} from '../context_discovery';
 import {registerPostOrderHooks} from '../hooks';
-import {TAttributes, TNodeType} from '../interfaces/node';
+import {TAttributes, TNodeFlags, TNodeType} from '../interfaces/node';
 import {RElement} from '../interfaces/renderer';
 import {StylingMapArray, TStylingContext} from '../interfaces/styling';
 import {isContentQueryHost, isDirectiveHost} from '../interfaces/type_checks';
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ export function ɵɵelementStart(
     }
   }
 
-  renderInitialStyling(renderer, native, tNode);
+  if ((tNode.flags & TNodeFlags.hasInitialStyling) === TNodeFlags.hasInitialStyling) {
+    renderInitialStyling(renderer, native, tNode);
+  }
 
   appendChild(native, tNode, lView);
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/lview_debug.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/lview_debug.ts
index 779416cecd..fe8e0bcc55 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/lview_debug.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/lview_debug.ts
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ export const TNodeConstructor = class TNode implements ITNode {
     if (this.flags & TNodeFlags.hasClassInput) flags.push('TNodeFlags.hasClassInput');
     if (this.flags & TNodeFlags.hasContentQuery) flags.push('TNodeFlags.hasContentQuery');
     if (this.flags & TNodeFlags.hasStyleInput) flags.push('TNodeFlags.hasStyleInput');
+    if (this.flags & TNodeFlags.hasInitialStyling) flags.push('TNodeFlags.hasInitialStyling');
     if (this.flags & TNodeFlags.isComponentHost) flags.push('TNodeFlags.isComponentHost');
     if (this.flags & TNodeFlags.isDirectiveHost) flags.push('TNodeFlags.isDirectiveHost');
     if (this.flags & TNodeFlags.isDetached) flags.push('TNodeFlags.isDetached');
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts
index 8ca5f47cc4..e1d43ebeb6 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts
@@ -1232,7 +1232,7 @@ function findDirectiveMatches(
 */
 export function markAsComponentHost(tView: TView, hostTNode: TNode): void {
   ngDevMode && assertFirstTemplatePass(tView);
-  hostTNode.flags = TNodeFlags.isComponentHost;
+  hostTNode.flags |= TNodeFlags.isComponentHost;
   (tView.components || (tView.components = ngDevMode ? new TViewComponents() : [
    ])).push(hostTNode.index);
 }
@@ -1279,16 +1279,11 @@ function saveNameToExportMap(
  * @param index the initial index
  */
 export function initNodeFlags(tNode: TNode, index: number, numberOfDirectives: number) {
-  const flags = tNode.flags;
-  ngDevMode && assertEqual(
-                   flags === 0 || flags === TNodeFlags.isComponentHost, true,
-                   'expected node flags to not be initialized');
-
   ngDevMode && assertNotEqual(
                    numberOfDirectives, tNode.directiveEnd - tNode.directiveStart,
                    'Reached the max number of directives');
+  tNode.flags |= TNodeFlags.isDirectiveHost;
   // When the first directive is created on a node, save the index
-  tNode.flags = (flags & TNodeFlags.isComponentHost) | TNodeFlags.isDirectiveHost;
   tNode.directiveStart = index;
   tNode.directiveEnd = index + numberOfDirectives;
   tNode.providerIndexes = index;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/styling.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/styling.ts
index f299bed4d6..84f24bb6c9 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/styling.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/styling.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import {SafeValue} from '../../sanitization/bypass';
 import {StyleSanitizeFn} from '../../sanitization/style_sanitizer';
 import {setInputsForProperty} from '../instructions/shared';
-import {AttributeMarker, TAttributes, TNode, TNodeType} from '../interfaces/node';
+import {AttributeMarker, TAttributes, TNode, TNodeFlags, TNodeType} from '../interfaces/node';
 import {RElement} from '../interfaces/renderer';
 import {StylingMapArray, StylingMapArrayIndex, TStylingContext} from '../interfaces/styling';
 import {BINDING_INDEX, LView, RENDERER} from '../interfaces/view';
@@ -474,6 +474,10 @@ export function registerInitialStylingOnTNode(
     updateRawValueOnContext(tNode.styles, stylingMapToString(styles, false));
   }
 
+  if (hasAdditionalInitialStyling) {
+    tNode.flags |= TNodeFlags.hasInitialStyling;
+  }
+
   return hasAdditionalInitialStyling;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/node.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/node.ts
index ec563f633b..688784124c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/node.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/node.ts
@@ -65,8 +65,11 @@ export const enum TNodeFlags {
   /** This bit is set if the node has any "style" inputs */
   hasStyleInput = 0b00100000,
 
+  /** This bit is set if the node has initial styling */
+  hasInitialStyling = 0b01000000,
+
   /** This bit is set if the node has been detached by i18n */
-  isDetached = 0b01000000,
+  isDetached = 0b10000000,
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/core/test/acceptance/styling_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/acceptance/styling_spec.ts
index feca76c020..ceb3f07043 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/acceptance/styling_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/acceptance/styling_spec.ts
@@ -113,6 +113,34 @@ describe('styling', () => {
        expect(outer.textContent.trim()).toEqual('outer');
      });
 
+  it('should render initial styling for repeated nodes that a component host', () => {
+    @Component({
+      selector: '[comp]',
+      template: '',
+    })
+    class Comp {
+    }
+
+    @Component({
+      template: `
+        <ng-template ngFor [ngForOf]="items" let-item>
+          <p comp class="a">A</p>
+        </ng-template>
+      `
+    })
+    class App {
+      items = [1, 2, 3];
+    }
+
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      declarations: [App, Comp],
+    });
+    const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(App);
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+
+    expect(fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.css('.a')).length).toBe(3);
+  });
+
   it('should do nothing for empty style bindings', () => {
     @Component({template: '<div [style.color]></div>'})
     class App {