diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/dependencies.go b/pkg/chartutil/dependencies.go
index e01b95bf7..1118f6435 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/dependencies.go
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/dependencies.go
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ func processImportValues(c *chart.Chart) error {
 					continue
 				}
 				// create value map from child to be merged into parent
-				b = CoalesceTables(cvals, pathToMap(parent, vv.AsMap()))
+				b = CoalesceTables(b, pathToMap(parent, vv.AsMap()))
 			case string:
 				child := "exports." + iv
 				outiv = append(outiv, map[string]string{
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ func processImportValues(c *chart.Chart) error {
 	}
 
 	// set the new values
-	c.Values = CoalesceTables(cvals, b)
+	c.Values = CoalesceTables(b, cvals)
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/dependencies_test.go b/pkg/chartutil/dependencies_test.go
index 7f5e74956..ab5196b3d 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/dependencies_test.go
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/dependencies_test.go
@@ -181,10 +181,10 @@ func TestProcessDependencyImportValues(t *testing.T) {
 	e["imported-chartA-B.SPextra5"] = "k8s"
 	e["imported-chartA-B.SC1extra5"] = "tiller"
 
-	e["overridden-chart1.SC1bool"] = "false"
-	e["overridden-chart1.SC1float"] = "3.141592"
-	e["overridden-chart1.SC1int"] = "99"
-	e["overridden-chart1.SC1string"] = "pollywog"
+	e["overridden-chart1.SC1bool"] = "true"
+	e["overridden-chart1.SC1float"] = "3.14"
+	e["overridden-chart1.SC1int"] = "100"
+	e["overridden-chart1.SC1string"] = "dollywood"
 	e["overridden-chart1.SPextra2"] = "42"
 
 	e["overridden-chartA.SCAbool"] = "true"
@@ -194,13 +194,13 @@ func TestProcessDependencyImportValues(t *testing.T) {
 	e["overridden-chartA.SPextra4"] = "true"
 
 	e["overridden-chartA-B.SCAbool"] = "true"
-	e["overridden-chartA-B.SCAfloat"] = "41.3"
-	e["overridden-chartA-B.SCAint"] = "808"
-	e["overridden-chartA-B.SCAstring"] = "jabberwocky"
-	e["overridden-chartA-B.SCBbool"] = "false"
-	e["overridden-chartA-B.SCBfloat"] = "1.99"
-	e["overridden-chartA-B.SCBint"] = "77"
-	e["overridden-chartA-B.SCBstring"] = "jango"
+	e["overridden-chartA-B.SCAfloat"] = "3.33"
+	e["overridden-chartA-B.SCAint"] = "555"
+	e["overridden-chartA-B.SCAstring"] = "wormwood"
+	e["overridden-chartA-B.SCBbool"] = "true"
+	e["overridden-chartA-B.SCBfloat"] = "0.25"
+	e["overridden-chartA-B.SCBint"] = "98"
+	e["overridden-chartA-B.SCBstring"] = "murkwood"
 	e["overridden-chartA-B.SPextra6"] = "111"
 	e["overridden-chartA-B.SCAextra1"] = "23"
 	e["overridden-chartA-B.SCBextra1"] = "13"
@@ -225,15 +225,15 @@ func TestProcessDependencyImportValues(t *testing.T) {
 		switch pv := pv.(type) {
 		case float64:
 			if s := strconv.FormatFloat(pv, 'f', -1, 64); s != vv {
-				t.Errorf("failed to match imported float value %v with expected %v", s, vv)
+				t.Errorf("%s: failed to match imported float value %v with expected %v", kk, s, vv)
 			}
 		case bool:
 			if b := strconv.FormatBool(pv); b != vv {
-				t.Errorf("failed to match imported bool value %v with expected %v", b, vv)
+				t.Errorf("%s: failed to match imported bool value %v with expected %v", kk, b, vv)
 			}
 		default:
 			if pv != vv {
-				t.Errorf("failed to match imported string value %q with expected %q", pv, vv)
+				t.Errorf("%s: failed to match imported string value %q with expected %q", kk, pv, vv)
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ func TestProcessDependencyImportValuesMultiLevelPrecedence(t *testing.T) {
 	e := make(map[string]string)
 
 	e["app1.service.port"] = "3456"
-	e["app2.service.port"] = "8080"
+	e["app2.service.port"] = "9090"
 
 	if err := processDependencyImportValues(c); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("processing import values dependencies %v", err)
diff --git a/pkg/lint/rules/testdata/withsubchart/Chart.yaml b/pkg/lint/rules/testdata/withsubchart/Chart.yaml
index 6648daf56..96ca4bac5 100644
--- a/pkg/lint/rules/testdata/withsubchart/Chart.yaml
+++ b/pkg/lint/rules/testdata/withsubchart/Chart.yaml
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ dependencies:
     repository: "file://../subchart"
     import-values:
       - child: subchart
-        parent: subchart
+        parent: fromsubchart
 
diff --git a/pkg/lint/rules/testdata/withsubchart/templates/mainchart.yaml b/pkg/lint/rules/testdata/withsubchart/templates/mainchart.yaml
index 6cb6cc2af..91d0e78c1 100644
--- a/pkg/lint/rules/testdata/withsubchart/templates/mainchart.yaml
+++ b/pkg/lint/rules/testdata/withsubchart/templates/mainchart.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 metadata:
-  name: {{ .Values.subchart.name | lower }}
+  name: {{ .Values.fromsubchart.name | lower }}