diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/coalesce.go b/pkg/chartutil/coalesce.go
index 50a889205..67d5e09b7 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/coalesce.go
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/coalesce.go
@@ -111,8 +111,6 @@ func coalesceGlobals(dest, src map[string]interface{}) {
 			vv := copyMap(val.(map[string]interface{}))
 			if destv, ok := dg[key]; !ok {
 				// Here there is no merge. We're just adding.
-				dg[key] = vv
-				continue
 			} else {
 				if destvmap, ok := destv.(map[string]interface{}); !ok {
 					log.Printf("Conflict: cannot merge map onto non-map for %q. Skipping.", key)
@@ -120,17 +118,16 @@ func coalesceGlobals(dest, src map[string]interface{}) {
 					// Basically, we reverse order of coalesce here to merge
 					// top-down.
 					CoalesceTables(vv, destvmap)
-					dg[key] = vv
-					continue
 				}
 			}
+			dg[key] = vv
 		} else if dv, ok := dg[key]; ok && istable(dv) {
 			// It's not clear if this condition can actually ever trigger.
 			log.Printf("key %s is table. Skipping", key)
-			continue
+		} else {
+			// TODO: Do we need to do any additional checking on the value?
+			dg[key] = val
 		}
-		// TODO: Do we need to do any additional checking on the value?
-		dg[key] = val
 	}
 	dest[GlobalKey] = dg
 }
@@ -159,15 +156,15 @@ func coalesceValues(c *chart.Chart, v map[string]interface{}) {
 				src, ok := val.(map[string]interface{})
 				if !ok {
 					// If the original value is nil, there is nothing to coalesce, so we don't print
-					// the warning but simply continue
+					// the warning
 					if val != nil {
 						log.Printf("warning: skipped value for %s: Not a table.", key)
 					}
-					continue
+				} else {
+					// Because v has higher precedence than nv, dest values override src
+					// values.
+					CoalesceTables(dest, src)
 				}
-				// Because v has higher precedence than nv, dest values override src
-				// values.
-				CoalesceTables(dest, src)
 			}
 		} else {
 			// If the key is not in v, copy it from nv.