diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/dependencies.go b/pkg/chartutil/dependencies.go
index 36a341927..37452cec7 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/dependencies.go
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/dependencies.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package chartutil
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -255,8 +256,8 @@ func processImportValues(c *chart.Chart, merge bool) error {
 		for _, riv := range r.ImportValues {
 			switch iv := riv.(type) {
 			case map[string]interface{}:
-				child := iv["child"].(string)
-				parent := iv["parent"].(string)
+				child := fmt.Sprintf("%v", iv["child"])
+				parent := fmt.Sprintf("%v", iv["parent"])
 
 				outiv = append(outiv, map[string]string{
 					"child":  child,
diff --git a/pkg/lint/rules/chartfile.go b/pkg/lint/rules/chartfile.go
index 910602b7d..555ec71ba 100644
--- a/pkg/lint/rules/chartfile.go
+++ b/pkg/lint/rules/chartfile.go
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ func validateChartVersion(cf *chart.Metadata) error {
 
 func validateChartMaintainer(cf *chart.Metadata) error {
 	for _, maintainer := range cf.Maintainers {
+		if maintainer == nil {
+			return errors.New("a maintainer entry is empty")
+		}
 		if maintainer.Name == "" {
 			return errors.New("each maintainer requires a name")
 		} else if maintainer.Email != "" && !govalidator.IsEmail(maintainer.Email) {
diff --git a/pkg/lint/rules/chartfile_test.go b/pkg/lint/rules/chartfile_test.go
index f4c836cf7..4740047be 100644
--- a/pkg/lint/rules/chartfile_test.go
+++ b/pkg/lint/rules/chartfile_test.go
@@ -143,6 +143,16 @@ func TestValidateChartMaintainer(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("validateChartMaintainer(%s, %s) to return no error, got %s", test.Name, test.Email, err.Error())
 		}
 	}
+
+	// Testing for an empty maintainer
+	badChart.Maintainers = []*chart.Maintainer{nil}
+	err := validateChartMaintainer(badChart)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Errorf("validateChartMaintainer did not return error for nil maintainer as expected")
+	}
+	if err.Error() != "a maintainer entry is empty" {
+		t.Errorf("validateChartMaintainer returned unexpected error for nil maintainer: %s", err.Error())
+	}
 }
 
 func TestValidateChartSources(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/repo/index.go b/pkg/repo/index.go
index e1ce3c62d..a93314ab8 100644
--- a/pkg/repo/index.go
+++ b/pkg/repo/index.go
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ func loadIndex(data []byte, source string) (*IndexFile, error) {
 		for idx := len(cvs) - 1; idx >= 0; idx-- {
 			if cvs[idx] == nil {
 				log.Printf("skipping loading invalid entry for chart %q from %s: empty entry", name, source)
+				cvs = append(cvs[:idx], cvs[idx+1:]...)
 				continue
 			}
 			// When metadata section missing, initialize with no data
diff --git a/pkg/repo/index_test.go b/pkg/repo/index_test.go
index a1e3e9438..1fb30f3c0 100644
--- a/pkg/repo/index_test.go
+++ b/pkg/repo/index_test.go
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ entries:
   grafana:
   - apiVersion: v2
     name: grafana
+  - null
   foo:
   -
   bar: