diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/i18n.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/i18n.ts
index 3349450dce..60ec580fe2 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/i18n.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/i18n.ts
@@ -649,16 +649,14 @@ function i18nEndFirstPass(tView: TView) {
   const tI18n = tView.data[rootIndex + HEADER_OFFSET] as TI18n;
   ngDevMode && assertDefined(tI18n, `You should call i18nStart before i18nEnd`);
 
-  // The last placeholder that was added before `i18nEnd`
-  const previousOrParentTNode = getPreviousOrParentTNode();
-  const visitedNodes = readCreateOpCodes(rootIndex, tI18n.create, tI18n.icus, viewData);
-
   // Find the last node that was added before `i18nEnd`
-  let lastCreatedNode = previousOrParentTNode;
+  let lastCreatedNode = getPreviousOrParentTNode();
   if (lastCreatedNode.child) {
     lastCreatedNode = findLastNode(lastCreatedNode.child);
   }
 
+  const visitedNodes = readCreateOpCodes(rootIndex, tI18n.create, tI18n.icus, viewData);
+
   // Remove deleted nodes
   for (let i = rootIndex + 1; i <= lastCreatedNode.index - HEADER_OFFSET; i++) {
     if (visitedNodes.indexOf(i) === -1) {
@@ -719,7 +717,6 @@ function readCreateOpCodes(
                   currentTNode !,
                   `You need to create or select a node before you can insert it into the DOM`);
           previousTNode = appendI18nNode(currentTNode !, destinationTNode, previousTNode);
-          destinationTNode.next = null;
           break;
         case I18nMutateOpCode.Select:
           const nodeIndex = opCode >>> I18nMutateOpCode.SHIFT_REF;
diff --git a/packages/core/test/i18n_integration_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/i18n_integration_spec.ts
index e04bc596e0..e89b15139c 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/i18n_integration_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/i18n_integration_spec.ts
@@ -610,4 +610,15 @@ onlyInIvy('Ivy i18n logic').describe('i18n', function() {
           .toEqual(`<div-query><!--ng-container-->Contenu<!--container--></div-query>`);
     });
   });
+
+  it('should handle multiple i18n sections', () => {
+    const template = `
+    <div i18n>Section 1</div>
+    <div i18n>Section 2</div>
+    <div i18n>Section 3</div>
+  `;
+    const fixture = getFixtureWithOverrides({template});
+    expect(fixture.nativeElement.innerHTML)
+        .toBe('<div>Section 1</div><div>Section 2</div><div>Section 3</div>');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/core/test/render3/i18n_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/render3/i18n_spec.ts
index a23584352e..1bd175fd6a 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/render3/i18n_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/render3/i18n_spec.ts
@@ -1285,6 +1285,55 @@ describe('Runtime i18n', () => {
               `<div><a>trad 1</a>hello<b title="start 2 middle 1 end"><e></e><c>trad</c></b></div>`);
     });
 
+    it('should support multiple sibling i18n blocks', () => {
+      // Translated template:
+      // <div>
+      //  <div i18n>Section 1</div>
+      //  <div i18n>Section 2</div>
+      //  <div i18n>Section 3</div>
+      // </div>
+
+      const MSG_DIV_1 = `Section 1`;
+      const MSG_DIV_2 = `Section 2`;
+      const MSG_DIV_3 = `Section 3`;
+
+      class MyApp {
+        static ngComponentDef = defineComponent({
+          type: MyApp,
+          selectors: [['my-app']],
+          factory: () => new MyApp(),
+          consts: 7,
+          vars: 0,
+          template: (rf: RenderFlags, ctx: MyApp) => {
+            if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
+              elementStart(0, 'div');
+              {
+                elementStart(1, 'div');
+                { i18n(2, MSG_DIV_1); }
+                elementEnd();
+                elementStart(3, 'div');
+                { i18n(4, MSG_DIV_2); }
+                elementEnd();
+                elementStart(5, 'div');
+                { i18n(6, MSG_DIV_3); }
+                elementEnd();
+              }
+              elementEnd();
+            }
+            if (rf & RenderFlags.Update) {
+              i18nApply(2);
+              i18nApply(4);
+              i18nApply(6);
+            }
+          }
+        });
+      }
+
+      const fixture = new ComponentFixture(MyApp);
+      expect(fixture.html)
+          .toEqual(`<div><div>Section 1</div><div>Section 2</div><div>Section 3</div></div>`);
+    });
+
     it('should support attribute translations on removed elements', () => {
       // Translated template:
       // <div i18n i18n-title title="start {{exp2}} middle {{exp1}} end">