diff --git a/docs/change-log.md b/docs/change-log.md
index ae72b5ae..9ec18373 100644
--- a/docs/change-log.md
+++ b/docs/change-log.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 - hyperscript: when attributes have a `null` or `undefined` value, they are treated as if they were absent. [#1773](https://github.com/MithrilJS/mithril.js/issues/1773) ([#2174](https://github.com/MithrilJS/mithril.js/pull/2174))
 - hyperscript: when an attribute is defined on both the first and second argument (as a CSS selector and an `attrs` field, respectively), the latter takes precedence, except for `class` attributes that are still added together. [#2172](https://github.com/MithrilJS/mithril.js/issues/2172) ([#2174](https://github.com/MithrilJS/mithril.js/pull/2174))
 - stream: when a stream conditionally returns HALT, dependant stream will also end ([#2200](https://github.com/MithrilJS/mithril.js/pull/2200))
+- render: remove some redundancy within the component initialization code ([#2213](https://github.com/MithrilJS/mithril.js/pull/2213))
 
 #### News
 
diff --git a/mithril.js b/mithril.js
index aaae3c1b..5e0c9c5e 100644
--- a/mithril.js
+++ b/mithril.js
@@ -410,7 +410,6 @@ var _9 = function($window, Promise) {
 var requestService = _9(window, PromisePolyfill)
 var coreRenderer = function($window) {
 	var $doc = $window.document
-	var $emptyFragment = $doc.createDocumentFragment()
 	var nameSpace = {
 		svg: "http://www.w3.org/2000/svg",
 		math: "http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"
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 			vnode.state = Object.create(vnode.tag)
 			sentinel = vnode.state.view
-			if (sentinel.$$reentrantLock$$ != null) return $emptyFragment
+			if (sentinel.$$reentrantLock$$ != null) return
 			sentinel.$$reentrantLock$$ = true
 		} else {
 			vnode.state = void 0
 			sentinel = vnode.tag
-			if (sentinel.$$reentrantLock$$ != null) return $emptyFragment
+			if (sentinel.$$reentrantLock$$ != null) return
 			sentinel.$$reentrantLock$$ = true
 			vnode.state = (vnode.tag.prototype != null && typeof vnode.tag.prototype.view === "function") ? new vnode.tag(vnode) : vnode.tag(vnode)
 		}
diff --git a/mithril.min.js b/mithril.min.js
index 1722b606..8e0ffe9a 100644
--- a/mithril.min.js
+++ b/mithril.min.js
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diff --git a/render/render.js b/render/render.js
index 47d4d591..552d3194 100644
--- a/render/render.js
+++ b/render/render.js
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 module.exports = function($window) {
 	var $doc = $window.document
-	var $emptyFragment = $doc.createDocumentFragment()
 
 	var nameSpace = {
 		svg: "http://www.w3.org/2000/svg",
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 			vnode.state = Object.create(vnode.tag)
 			sentinel = vnode.state.view
-			if (sentinel.$$reentrantLock$$ != null) return $emptyFragment
+			if (sentinel.$$reentrantLock$$ != null) return
 			sentinel.$$reentrantLock$$ = true
 		} else {
 			vnode.state = void 0
 			sentinel = vnode.tag
-			if (sentinel.$$reentrantLock$$ != null) return $emptyFragment
+			if (sentinel.$$reentrantLock$$ != null) return
 			sentinel.$$reentrantLock$$ = true
 			vnode.state = (vnode.tag.prototype != null && typeof vnode.tag.prototype.view === "function") ? new vnode.tag(vnode) : vnode.tag(vnode)
 		}