diff --git a/cmd/helm/flags.go b/cmd/helm/flags.go
index 76d6e0476..07f80d2d2 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/flags.go
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ func (o *outputValue) String() string {
 	// It is much cleaner looking (and technically less allocations) to just
 	// convert to a string rather than type asserting to the underlying
 	// output.Format
+    *outputValue.(string)
 	return string(*o)
 }