diff --git a/src/core/instance/render-helpers/render-slot.js b/src/core/instance/render-helpers/render-slot.js
index a58daa74e..52221f4bb 100644
--- a/src/core/instance/render-helpers/render-slot.js
+++ b/src/core/instance/render-helpers/render-slot.js
@@ -26,19 +26,7 @@ export function renderSlot (
     }
     nodes = scopedSlotFn(props) || fallback
   } else {
-    const slotNodes = this.$slots[name]
-    // warn duplicate slot usage
-    if (slotNodes) {
-      if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production' && slotNodes._rendered) {
-        warn(
-          `Duplicate presence of slot "${name}" found in the same render tree ` +
-          `- this will likely cause render errors.`,
-          this
-        )
-      }
-      slotNodes._rendered = true
-    }
-    nodes = slotNodes || fallback
+    nodes = this.$slots[name] || fallback
   }
 
   const target = props && props.slot
diff --git a/src/core/instance/render.js b/src/core/instance/render.js
index be12d7260..def4be6db 100644
--- a/src/core/instance/render.js
+++ b/src/core/instance/render.js
@@ -62,14 +62,6 @@ export function renderMixin (Vue: Class<Component>) {
     const vm: Component = this
     const { render, _parentVnode } = vm.$options
 
-    // reset _rendered flag on slots for duplicate slot check
-    if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
-      for (const key in vm.$slots) {
-        // $flow-disable-line
-        vm.$slots[key]._rendered = false
-      }
-    }
-
     if (_parentVnode) {
       vm.$scopedSlots = _parentVnode.data.scopedSlots || emptyObject
     }
diff --git a/src/core/vdom/patch.js b/src/core/vdom/patch.js
index 8857294b8..7e58bced6 100644
--- a/src/core/vdom/patch.js
+++ b/src/core/vdom/patch.js
@@ -434,20 +434,20 @@ export function createPatchFunction (backend) {
       } else if (isUndef(oldEndVnode)) {
         oldEndVnode = oldCh[--oldEndIdx]
       } else if (sameVnode(oldStartVnode, newStartVnode)) {
-        patchVnode(oldStartVnode, newStartVnode, insertedVnodeQueue)
+        patchVnode(oldStartVnode, newStartVnode, insertedVnodeQueue, newCh, newStartIdx)
         oldStartVnode = oldCh[++oldStartIdx]
         newStartVnode = newCh[++newStartIdx]
       } else if (sameVnode(oldEndVnode, newEndVnode)) {
-        patchVnode(oldEndVnode, newEndVnode, insertedVnodeQueue)
+        patchVnode(oldEndVnode, newEndVnode, insertedVnodeQueue, newCh, newEndIdx)
         oldEndVnode = oldCh[--oldEndIdx]
         newEndVnode = newCh[--newEndIdx]
       } else if (sameVnode(oldStartVnode, newEndVnode)) { // Vnode moved right
-        patchVnode(oldStartVnode, newEndVnode, insertedVnodeQueue)
+        patchVnode(oldStartVnode, newEndVnode, insertedVnodeQueue, newCh, newEndIdx)
         canMove && nodeOps.insertBefore(parentElm, oldStartVnode.elm, nodeOps.nextSibling(oldEndVnode.elm))
         oldStartVnode = oldCh[++oldStartIdx]
         newEndVnode = newCh[--newEndIdx]
       } else if (sameVnode(oldEndVnode, newStartVnode)) { // Vnode moved left
-        patchVnode(oldEndVnode, newStartVnode, insertedVnodeQueue)
+        patchVnode(oldEndVnode, newStartVnode, insertedVnodeQueue, newCh, newStartIdx)
         canMove && nodeOps.insertBefore(parentElm, oldEndVnode.elm, oldStartVnode.elm)
         oldEndVnode = oldCh[--oldEndIdx]
         newStartVnode = newCh[++newStartIdx]
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ export function createPatchFunction (backend) {
         } else {
           vnodeToMove = oldCh[idxInOld]
           if (sameVnode(vnodeToMove, newStartVnode)) {
-            patchVnode(vnodeToMove, newStartVnode, insertedVnodeQueue)
+            patchVnode(vnodeToMove, newStartVnode, insertedVnodeQueue, newCh, newStartIdx)
             oldCh[idxInOld] = undefined
             canMove && nodeOps.insertBefore(parentElm, vnodeToMove.elm, oldStartVnode.elm)
           } else {
@@ -505,11 +505,23 @@ export function createPatchFunction (backend) {
     }
   }
 
-  function patchVnode (oldVnode, vnode, insertedVnodeQueue, removeOnly) {
+  function patchVnode (
+    oldVnode,
+    vnode,
+    insertedVnodeQueue,
+    ownerArray,
+    index,
+    removeOnly
+  ) {
     if (oldVnode === vnode) {
       return
     }
 
+    if (isDef(vnode.elm) && isDef(ownerArray)) {
+      // clone reused vnode
+      vnode = ownerArray[index] = cloneVNode(vnode)
+    }
+
     const elm = vnode.elm = oldVnode.elm
 
     if (isTrue(oldVnode.isAsyncPlaceholder)) {
@@ -709,7 +721,7 @@ export function createPatchFunction (backend) {
       const isRealElement = isDef(oldVnode.nodeType)
       if (!isRealElement && sameVnode(oldVnode, vnode)) {
         // patch existing root node
-        patchVnode(oldVnode, vnode, insertedVnodeQueue, removeOnly)
+        patchVnode(oldVnode, vnode, insertedVnodeQueue, null, null, removeOnly)
       } else {
         if (isRealElement) {
           // mounting to a real element
diff --git a/test/unit/features/component/component-slot.spec.js b/test/unit/features/component/component-slot.spec.js
index 75b525460..28dafad43 100644
--- a/test/unit/features/component/component-slot.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/features/component/component-slot.spec.js
@@ -482,44 +482,46 @@ describe('Component slot', () => {
     }).then(done)
   })
 
-  it('warn duplicate slots', () => {
-    new Vue({
-      template: `<div>
-        <test>
-          <div>foo</div>
-          <div slot="a">bar</div>
-        </test>
-      </div>`,
+  it('should support duplicate slots', done => {
+    const vm = new Vue({
+      template: `
+        <foo ref="foo">
+          <div slot="a">{{ n }}</div>
+        </foo>
+      `,
+      data: {
+        n: 1
+      },
       components: {
-        test: {
-          template: `<div>
-            <slot></slot><slot></slot>
-            <div v-for="i in 3"><slot name="a"></slot></div>
-          </div>`
+        foo: {
+          data() {
+            return { ok: true }
+          },
+          template: `
+            <div>
+              <slot name="a" />
+              <slot v-if="ok" name="a" />
+              <pre><slot name="a" /></pre>
+            </div>
+          `
         }
       }
     }).$mount()
-    expect('Duplicate presence of slot "default"').toHaveBeenWarned()
-    expect('Duplicate presence of slot "a"').toHaveBeenWarned()
-  })
-
-  it('should not warn valid conditional slots', () => {
-    new Vue({
-      template: `<div>
-        <test>
-          <div>foo</div>
-        </test>
-      </div>`,
-      components: {
-        test: {
-          template: `<div>
-            <slot v-if="true"></slot>
-            <slot v-else></slot>
-          </div>`
-        }
-      }
-    }).$mount()
-    expect('Duplicate presence of slot "default"').not.toHaveBeenWarned()
+    expect(vm.$el.innerHTML).toBe(`<div>1</div> <div>1</div> <pre><div>1</div></pre>`)
+    vm.n++
+    waitForUpdate(() => {
+      expect(vm.$el.innerHTML).toBe(`<div>2</div> <div>2</div> <pre><div>2</div></pre>`)
+      vm.n++
+    }).then(() => {
+      expect(vm.$el.innerHTML).toBe(`<div>3</div> <div>3</div> <pre><div>3</div></pre>`)
+      vm.$refs.foo.ok = false
+    }).then(() => {
+      expect(vm.$el.innerHTML).toBe(`<div>3</div> <!----> <pre><div>3</div></pre>`)
+      vm.n++
+      vm.$refs.foo.ok = true
+    }).then(() => {
+      expect(vm.$el.innerHTML).toBe(`<div>4</div> <div>4</div> <pre><div>4</div></pre>`)
+    }).then(done)
   })
 
   // #3518