diff --git a/pkg/chart/v2/util/coalesce.go b/pkg/chart/v2/util/coalesce.go
index d5d163c5e..307603bae 100644
--- a/pkg/chart/v2/util/coalesce.go
+++ b/pkg/chart/v2/util/coalesce.go
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ func coalesceTablesFullKey(printf printFn, dst, src map[string]interface{}, pref
 			} else {
 				printf("warning: cannot overwrite table with non table for %s (%v)", fullkey, val)
 			}
-		} else if istable(dv) && val != nil && val != "" && len(dv.(map[string]interface{})) > 0 {
+		} else if istable(dv) && val != nil && isNonEmptyString(val) && isNonEmptyTable(dv) {
 			printf("warning: destination for %s is a table. Ignoring non-table value (%v)", fullkey, val)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/chart/v2/util/values.go b/pkg/chart/v2/util/values.go
index 6850e8b9b..5dbc2a3a3 100644
--- a/pkg/chart/v2/util/values.go
+++ b/pkg/chart/v2/util/values.go
@@ -179,6 +179,24 @@ func istable(v interface{}) bool {
 	return ok
 }
 
+func isNonEmptyTable(val interface{}) bool {
+	table, ok := val.(map[string]interface{})
+	if !ok {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return len(table) > 0
+}
+
+func isNonEmptyString(val interface{}) bool {
+	stringContent, ok := val.(string)
+	if !ok {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return stringContent != ""
+}
+
 // PathValue takes a path that traverses a YAML structure and returns the value at the end of that path.
 // The path starts at the root of the YAML structure and is comprised of YAML keys separated by periods.
 // Given the following YAML data the value at path "chapter.one.title" is "Loomings".