diff --git a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/field/FieldPluginBase.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/field/FieldPluginBase.php
index db4a5d8..fdb9ef7 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/field/FieldPluginBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/field/FieldPluginBase.php
@@ -1591,8 +1591,7 @@ protected function addSelfTokens(&$tokens, $item) { }
   protected function documentSelfTokens(&$tokens) { }
 
   /**
-   * Call out to the theme() function, which probably just calls render() but
-   * allows sites to override output fairly easily.
+   * Pass values to drupal_render() using $this->themeFunctions() as #theme.
    *
    * @param \Drupal\views\ResultRow $values
    *   Holds single row of a view's result set.
@@ -1601,12 +1600,13 @@ protected function documentSelfTokens(&$tokens) { }
    *   Returns rendered output of the given theme implementation.
    */
   function theme(ResultRow $values) {
-    return theme($this->themeFunctions(),
-      array(
-        'view' => $this->view,
-        'field' => $this,
-        'row' => $values
-      ));
+    $build = array(
+      '#theme' => $this->themeFunctions(),
+      '#view' => $this->view,
+      '#field' => $this,
+      '#row' => $values,
+    );
+    return drupal_render($build);
   }
 
   public function themeFunctions() {
diff --git a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/row/RssFields.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/row/RssFields.php
index 9c3b7ff..00d371d 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/row/RssFields.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/row/RssFields.php
@@ -171,13 +171,14 @@ public function render($row) {
       }
     }
 
-    return theme($this->themeFunctions(),
-      array(
-        'view' => $this->view,
-        'options' => $this->options,
-        'row' => $item,
-        'field_alias' => isset($this->field_alias) ? $this->field_alias : '',
-      ));
+    $build = array(
+      '#theme' => $this->themeFunctions(),
+      '#view' => $this->view,
+      '#options' => $this->options,
+      '#row' => $item,
+      '#field_alias' => isset($this->field_alias) ? $this->field_alias : '',
+    );
+    return drupal_render($build);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/style/Rss.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/style/Rss.php
index adb23b2..0a6f8cb 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/style/Rss.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/style/Rss.php
@@ -134,14 +134,14 @@ public function render() {
       $rows .= $this->view->rowPlugin->render($row);
     }
 
-    $output = theme($this->themeFunctions(),
-      array(
-        'view' => $this->view,
-        'options' => $this->options,
-        'rows' => $rows
-      ));
+    $build = array(
+      '#theme' => $this->themeFunctions(),
+      '#view' => $this->view,
+      '#options' => $this->options,
+      '#rows' => $rows,
+    );
     unset($this->view->row_index);
-    return $output;
+    return drupal_render($build);
   }
 
 }