diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/utility/ast-utils.ts b/packages/schematics/angular/utility/ast-utils.ts
index 4f6dc3565aab..541786dd8e49 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/utility/ast-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/schematics/angular/utility/ast-utils.ts
@@ -93,9 +93,11 @@ export function insertImport(source: ts.SourceFile, fileToEdit: string, symbolNa
  * @param node
  * @param kind
  * @param max The maximum number of items to return.
+ * @param recursive Continue looking for nodes of kind recursive until end
+ * the last child even when node of kind has been found.
  * @return all nodes of kind, or [] if none is found
  */
-export function findNodes(node: ts.Node, kind: ts.SyntaxKind, max = Infinity): ts.Node[] {
+export function findNodes(node: ts.Node, kind: ts.SyntaxKind, max = Infinity, recursive = false): ts.Node[] {
   if (!node || max == 0) {
     return [];
   }
@@ -105,7 +107,7 @@ export function findNodes(node: ts.Node, kind: ts.SyntaxKind, max = Infinity): t
     arr.push(node);
     max--;
   }
-  if (max > 0) {
+  if (max > 0 && (recursive || node.kind !== kind)) {
     for (const child of node.getChildren()) {
       findNodes(child, kind, max).forEach(node => {
         if (max > 0) {
diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/utility/ast-utils_spec.ts b/packages/schematics/angular/utility/ast-utils_spec.ts
index 0f82e4acf2d4..bef44d347ee9 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/utility/ast-utils_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/schematics/angular/utility/ast-utils_spec.ts
@@ -479,6 +479,41 @@ describe('ast utils', () => {
       );
     });
 
+    it('should add a route to the routes to the correct array when having nested object literal', () => {
+      const moduleContent = `
+        import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+        import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
+        import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
+
+        const routes = [
+            { path: 'foo', component: FooComponent, data: { path: 'test' }}
+        ];
+
+        @NgModule({
+          declarations: [
+            AppComponent
+          ],
+          imports: [
+            BrowserModule,
+            RouterModule.forRoot(routes)
+          ],
+          bootstrap: [AppComponent]
+        })
+        export class AppModule { }
+      `;
+
+      const source = getTsSource(modulePath, moduleContent);
+      const changes = addRouteDeclarationToModule(
+        source,
+        './src/app', `{ path: 'bar', component: BarComponent }`,
+      );
+      const output = applyChanges(modulePath, moduleContent, [changes]);
+      expect(output).toMatch(
+        // tslint:disable-next-line:max-line-length
+        /const routes = \[\r?\n?\s*{ path: 'foo', component: FooComponent, data: { path: 'test' }},\r?\n?\s*{ path: 'bar', component: BarComponent }\r?\n?\s*\]/,
+      );
+    });
+
     it('should add a route to the routes argument of RouteModule', () => {
       const moduleContent = `
         import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';