diff --git a/packages/compiler-sfc/src/compileTemplate.ts b/packages/compiler-sfc/src/compileTemplate.ts
index c34342a7a..1afdc74bf 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-sfc/src/compileTemplate.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-sfc/src/compileTemplate.ts
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ function doCompileTemplate({
     // input AST has codegenNode - it has already been transformed and cannot
     // be reused. We need to parse a fresh one. Can't just use `source` here
     // since we need the AST location info to be relative to the entire SFC.
-    const newAST = compiler.parse(inAST.source, {
+    const newAST = (ssr ? CompilerDOM : compiler).parse(inAST.source, {
       parseMode: 'sfc',
       onError: e => errors.push(e)
     })