diff --git a/core/modules/views/src/Tests/ModuleTest.php b/core/modules/views/src/Tests/ModuleTest.php
index f7eb9d7ed4bedeb5f73b9deb3ad0bb9f306a3b30..0c7ff8b7a0150e594c4a63574c35fa4d58c0a615 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/src/Tests/ModuleTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Tests/ModuleTest.php
@@ -275,20 +275,28 @@ public function testViewsPluginList() {
   public function testViewsEmbedView() {
     $this->enableModules(array('user'));
 
+    /** @var \Drupal\Core\Render\RendererInterface $renderer */
+    $renderer = \Drupal::service('renderer');
+
     $result = views_embed_view('test_argument');
-    $this->assertEqual(count($result['#view']->result), 5);
+    $renderer->renderPlain($result);
+    $this->assertEqual(count($result['view_build']['#view']->result), 5);
 
     $result = views_embed_view('test_argument', 'default', 1);
-    $this->assertEqual(count($result['#view']->result), 1);
+    $renderer->renderPlain($result);
+    $this->assertEqual(count($result['view_build']['#view']->result), 1);
 
     $result = views_embed_view('test_argument', 'default', '1,2');
-    $this->assertEqual(count($result['#view']->result), 2);
+    $renderer->renderPlain($result);
+    $this->assertEqual(count($result['view_build']['#view']->result), 2);
 
     $result = views_embed_view('test_argument', 'default', '1,2', 'John');
-    $this->assertEqual(count($result['#view']->result), 1);
+    $renderer->renderPlain($result);
+    $this->assertEqual(count($result['view_build']['#view']->result), 1);
 
     $result = views_embed_view('test_argument', 'default', '1,2', 'John,George');
-    $this->assertEqual(count($result['#view']->result), 2);
+    $renderer->renderPlain($result);
+    $this->assertEqual(count($result['view_build']['#view']->result), 2);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/views/views.module b/core/modules/views/views.module
index 0faa5bbad75e8ceef6f7181e5366c0461ff6e6e5..3122a74f499fe91f3cce3bae7b9a9be50b588748 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/views.module
+++ b/core/modules/views/views.module
@@ -728,6 +728,10 @@ function _views_query_tag_alter_condition(AlterableInterface $query, &$condition
  *   valid. But things like 'page' or 'block' should work here.
  * @param ...
  *   Any additional parameters will be passed as arguments.
+ *
+ * @return array|null
+ *   A renderable array containing the view output or NULL if the display ID
+ *   of the view to be executed doesn't exist.
  */
 function views_embed_view($name, $display_id = 'default') {
   $args = func_get_args();
@@ -739,7 +743,12 @@ function views_embed_view($name, $display_id = 'default') {
     return;
   }
 
-  return $view->preview($display_id, $args);
+  return [
+    '#type' => 'view',
+    '#name' => $name,
+    '#display_id' => $display_id,
+    '#arguments' => $args,
+  ];
 }
 
 /**