From 94e12130a5a0c3db72b71a35574646a6bd903b73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anubhav_Tyagi <76842675+AnubhavT007@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:08:05 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Apply suggestion from @Copilot

Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Signed-off-by: Anubhav_Tyagi <76842675+AnubhavT007@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 pkg/chart/common/util/coalesce.go | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pkg/chart/common/util/coalesce.go b/pkg/chart/common/util/coalesce.go
index 9ecd046f9..7d40c0a0e 100644
--- a/pkg/chart/common/util/coalesce.go
+++ b/pkg/chart/common/util/coalesce.go
@@ -168,6 +168,10 @@ func coalesceGlobals(printf printFn, dest, src map[string]any, prefix string, _
 				printf("warning: unable to convert globals copy to Helm values type")
 				continue
 			}
+			// Ensure vv is a non-nil map so that merges into it are not lost.
+			if vv == nil {
+				vv = make(map[string]any)
+			}
 			if destv, ok := dg[key]; !ok {
 				// Here there is no merge. We're just adding.
 				dg[key] = vv