diff --git a/src/renderers/art/ReactARTFiber.js b/src/renderers/art/ReactARTFiber.js
index c4fa6d7f5e..ffa9cc419c 100644
--- a/src/renderers/art/ReactARTFiber.js
+++ b/src/renderers/art/ReactARTFiber.js
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ const ARTRenderer = ReactFiberReconciler({
     // Noop
   },
 
-  commitUpdate(instance, oldProps, newProps) {
+  commitUpdate(instance, type, oldProps, newProps) {
     instance._applyProps(instance, newProps, oldProps);
   },
 
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ const ARTRenderer = ReactFiberReconciler({
     // Noop
   },
 
-  prepareUpdate(domElement, oldProps, newProps) {
+  prepareUpdate(domElement, type, oldProps, newProps) {
     return true;
   },
 
diff --git a/src/renderers/dom/fiber/ReactDOMFiber.js b/src/renderers/dom/fiber/ReactDOMFiber.js
index eecdb8181e..4c38e66f6b 100644
--- a/src/renderers/dom/fiber/ReactDOMFiber.js
+++ b/src/renderers/dom/fiber/ReactDOMFiber.js
@@ -97,20 +97,16 @@ var DOMRenderer = ReactFiberReconciler({
 
   finalizeInitialChildren(
     domElement : Instance,
+    type : string,
     props : Props,
     rootContainerInstance : Container,
   ) : void {
-    // TODO: we normalize here because DOM renderer expects tag to be lowercase.
-    // We can change DOM renderer to compare special case against upper case,
-    // and use tagName (which is upper case for HTML DOM elements). Or we could
-    // let the renderer "normalize" the fiber type so we don't have to read
-    // the type from DOM. However we need to remember SVG is case-sensitive.
-    var tag = domElement.tagName.toLowerCase();
-    setInitialProperties(domElement, tag, props, rootContainerInstance);
+    setInitialProperties(domElement, type, props, rootContainerInstance);
   },
 
   prepareUpdate(
     domElement : Instance,
+    type : string,
     oldProps : Props,
     newProps : Props
   ) : boolean {
@@ -119,21 +115,16 @@ var DOMRenderer = ReactFiberReconciler({
 
   commitUpdate(
     domElement : Instance,
+    type : string,
     oldProps : Props,
     newProps : Props,
     rootContainerInstance : Container,
     internalInstanceHandle : Object,
   ) : void {
-    // TODO: we normalize here because DOM renderer expects tag to be lowercase.
-    // We can change DOM renderer to compare special case against upper case,
-    // and use tagName (which is upper case for HTML DOM elements). Or we could
-    // let the renderer "normalize" the fiber type so we don't have to read
-    // the type from DOM. However we need to remember SVG is case-sensitive.
-    var tag = domElement.tagName.toLowerCase();
     // Update the internal instance handle so that we know which props are
     // the current ones.
     precacheFiberNode(internalInstanceHandle, domElement);
-    updateProperties(domElement, tag, oldProps, newProps, rootContainerInstance);
+    updateProperties(domElement, type, oldProps, newProps, rootContainerInstance);
   },
 
   shouldSetTextContent(props : Props) : boolean {
diff --git a/src/renderers/noop/ReactNoop.js b/src/renderers/noop/ReactNoop.js
index 97cb1578fa..d16b6e7bf2 100644
--- a/src/renderers/noop/ReactNoop.js
+++ b/src/renderers/noop/ReactNoop.js
@@ -60,15 +60,15 @@ var NoopRenderer = ReactFiberReconciler({
     parentInstance.children.push(child);
   },
 
-  finalizeInitialChildren(domElement : Instance, props : Props) : void {
+  finalizeInitialChildren(domElement : Instance, type : string, props : Props) : void {
     // Noop
   },
 
-  prepareUpdate(instance : Instance, oldProps : Props, newProps : Props) : boolean {
+  prepareUpdate(instance : Instance, type : string, oldProps : Props, newProps : Props) : boolean {
     return true;
   },
 
-  commitUpdate(instance : Instance, oldProps : Props, newProps : Props) : void {
+  commitUpdate(instance : Instance, type : string, oldProps : Props, newProps : Props) : void {
     instance.prop = newProps.prop;
   },
 
diff --git a/src/renderers/shared/fiber/ReactFiberCommitWork.js b/src/renderers/shared/fiber/ReactFiberCommitWork.js
index 46f0fdc94b..5ff31e2d51 100644
--- a/src/renderers/shared/fiber/ReactFiberCommitWork.js
+++ b/src/renderers/shared/fiber/ReactFiberCommitWork.js
@@ -373,7 +373,8 @@ module.exports = function<T, P, I, TI, C, CX>(
           const newProps = finishedWork.memoizedProps;
           const oldProps = current.memoizedProps;
           const rootContainerInstance = getRootHostContainer();
-          commitUpdate(instance, oldProps, newProps, rootContainerInstance, finishedWork);
+          const type = finishedWork.type;
+          commitUpdate(instance, type, oldProps, newProps, rootContainerInstance, finishedWork);
         }
         detachRefIfNeeded(current, finishedWork);
         return;
diff --git a/src/renderers/shared/fiber/ReactFiberCompleteWork.js b/src/renderers/shared/fiber/ReactFiberCompleteWork.js
index 84af8a456d..ea85f1fe60 100644
--- a/src/renderers/shared/fiber/ReactFiberCompleteWork.js
+++ b/src/renderers/shared/fiber/ReactFiberCompleteWork.js
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ module.exports = function<T, P, I, TI, C, CX>(
       }
       case HostComponent:
         popHostContext(workInProgress);
+        const type = workInProgress.type;
         let newProps = workInProgress.pendingProps;
         if (current && workInProgress.stateNode != null) {
           // If we have an alternate, that means this is an update and we need to
@@ -228,7 +229,7 @@ module.exports = function<T, P, I, TI, C, CX>(
             newProps = workInProgress.memoizedProps || oldProps;
           }
           const instance : I = workInProgress.stateNode;
-          if (prepareUpdate(instance, oldProps, newProps)) {
+          if (prepareUpdate(instance, type, oldProps, newProps)) {
             // This returns true if there was something to update.
             markUpdate(workInProgress);
           }
@@ -249,14 +250,14 @@ module.exports = function<T, P, I, TI, C, CX>(
           // or completeWork depending on we want to add then top->down or
           // bottom->up. Top->down is faster in IE11.
           const instance = createInstance(
-            workInProgress.type,
+            type,
             newProps,
             rootContainerInstance,
             currentHostContext,
             workInProgress
           );
           appendAllChildren(instance, workInProgress);
-          finalizeInitialChildren(instance, newProps, rootContainerInstance);
+          finalizeInitialChildren(instance, type, newProps, rootContainerInstance);
 
           workInProgress.stateNode = instance;
           if (workInProgress.ref) {
diff --git a/src/renderers/shared/fiber/ReactFiberReconciler.js b/src/renderers/shared/fiber/ReactFiberReconciler.js
index 08204a048b..571d9aa921 100644
--- a/src/renderers/shared/fiber/ReactFiberReconciler.js
+++ b/src/renderers/shared/fiber/ReactFiberReconciler.js
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ export type HostConfig<T, P, I, TI, C, CX> = {
 
   createInstance(type : T, props : P, rootContainerInstance : C, hostContext : CX | null, internalInstanceHandle : OpaqueNode) : I,
   appendInitialChild(parentInstance : I, child : I | TI) : void,
-  finalizeInitialChildren(parentInstance : I, props : P, rootContainerInstance : C) : void,
+  finalizeInitialChildren(parentInstance : I, type : T, props : P, rootContainerInstance : C) : void,
 
-  prepareUpdate(instance : I, oldProps : P, newProps : P) : boolean,
-  commitUpdate(instance : I, oldProps : P, newProps : P, rootContainerInstance : C, internalInstanceHandle : OpaqueNode) : void,
+  prepareUpdate(instance : I, type : T, oldProps : P, newProps : P) : boolean,
+  commitUpdate(instance : I, type : T, oldProps : P, newProps : P, rootContainerInstance : C, internalInstanceHandle : OpaqueNode) : void,
 
   shouldSetTextContent(props : P) : boolean,
   resetTextContent(instance : I) : void,