diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions.ts
index ecde36c922..b2b977f1f2 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {assertEqual, assertLessThan, assertNotEqual, assertNotNull, assertNull,
 import {LContainer, TContainer} from './interfaces/container';
 import {CssSelector, LProjection} from './interfaces/projection';
 import {LQueries} from './interfaces/query';
-import {LView, LifecycleStage, TData, TView} from './interfaces/view';
+import {LView, LViewFlags, LifecycleStage, TData, TView} from './interfaces/view';
 
 import {LContainerNode, LElementNode, LNode, LNodeFlags, LProjectionNode, LTextNode, LViewNode, TNode, TContainerNode, InitialInputData, InitialInputs, PropertyAliases, PropertyAliasValue,} from './interfaces/node';
 import {assertNodeType} from './node_assert';
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ export function enterView(newView: LView, host: LElementNode | LViewNode | null)
   data = newView && newView.data;
   bindingIndex = newView && newView.bindingStartIndex || 0;
   tData = newView && newView.tView.data;
-  creationMode = newView && newView.creationMode;
+  creationMode = newView && (newView.flags & LViewFlags.CreationMode) === 1;
 
   cleanup = newView && newView.cleanup;
   renderer = newView && newView.renderer;
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ export function leaveView(newView: LView): void {
   executeHooks(
       currentView.data, currentView.tView.viewHooks, currentView.tView.viewCheckHooks,
       creationMode);
-  currentView.creationMode = false;
+  currentView.flags &= ~LViewFlags.CreationMode;  // Clear creationMode bit in view flags
   currentView.lifecycleStage = LifecycleStage.INIT;
   currentView.tView.firstTemplatePass = false;
   enterView(newView, null);
@@ -194,7 +194,8 @@ export function createLView(
     context: any | null): LView {
   const newView = {
     parent: currentView,
-    id: viewId,    // -1 for component views
+    id: viewId,  // -1 for component views
+    flags: LViewFlags.CreationMode,
     node: null !,  // until we initialize it in createNode.
     data: [],
     tView: tView,
@@ -204,7 +205,6 @@ export function createLView(
     tail: null,
     next: null,
     bindingStartIndex: null,
-    creationMode: true,
     template: template,
     context: context,
     dynamicViewCount: 0,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/view.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/view.ts
index 89d3264755..252ff9387d 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/view.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/view.ts
@@ -25,14 +25,16 @@ import {Renderer3} from './renderer';
  */
 export interface LView {
   /**
-   * Whether or not the view is in creationMode.
+   * Flags for this view.
+   *
+   * First bit: Whether or not the view is in creationMode.
    *
    * This must be stored in the view rather than using `data` as a marker so that
    * we can properly support embedded views. Otherwise, when exiting a child view
    * back into the parent view, `data` will be defined and `creationMode` will be
    * improperly reported as false.
    */
-  creationMode: boolean;
+  flags: LViewFlags;
 
   /**
    * The parent view is needed when we exit the view and must restore the previous
@@ -180,6 +182,11 @@ export interface LView {
   queries: LQueries|null;
 }
 
+/** Flags associated with an LView (see LView.flags) */
+export enum LViewFlags {
+  CreationMode = 0b001
+}
+
 /** Interface necessary to work with view tree traversal */
 export interface LViewOrLContainer {
   next: LView|LContainer|null;