diff --git a/src/core/instance/render.js b/src/core/instance/render.js
index 15b3ad69f3a..09285ac13ed 100644
--- a/src/core/instance/render.js
+++ b/src/core/instance/render.js
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ export function initRender (vm: Component) {
   const parentVnode = vm.$vnode = options._parentVnode // the placeholder node in parent tree
   const renderContext = parentVnode && parentVnode.context
   vm.$slots = resolveSlots(options._renderChildren, renderContext)
-  vm.$scopedSlots = emptyObject
+  vm.$scopedSlots = vm.$options._parentVnode ? normalizeScopedSlots(
+    vm.$options._parentVnode.data.scopedSlots,
+    vm.$slots,
+    vm.$scopedSlots
+  ) : emptyObject
   // bind the createElement fn to this instance
   // so that we get proper render context inside it.
   // args order: tag, data, children, normalizationType, alwaysNormalize
diff --git a/test/unit/features/component/component-scoped-slot.spec.js b/test/unit/features/component/component-scoped-slot.spec.js
index 28369814f48..933f43a2c1b 100644
--- a/test/unit/features/component/component-scoped-slot.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/features/component/component-scoped-slot.spec.js
@@ -1325,4 +1325,19 @@ describe('Component scoped slot', () => {
       expect(vm.$el.textContent).toMatch(`1`)
     }).then(done)
   })
+
+  // vm.$scopedSlots shoud not empty in beforeMount, see issue #11714
+  it('$scopedSlots shoud not empty in beforeMount', () => {
+    const vm = new Vue({
+      template: `<foo>Slot content</foo>`,
+      components: {
+        foo: {
+          template: `<div><slot></slot></div>`,
+          beforeMount () {
+            expect(Object.keys(this.$scopedSlots).length).not.toBe(0)
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }).$mount()
+  })
 })