diff --git a/pkg/lint/rules/values.go b/pkg/lint/rules/values.go
index c596687c5..79a294326 100644
--- a/pkg/lint/rules/values.go
+++ b/pkg/lint/rules/values.go
@@ -70,8 +70,9 @@ func validateValuesFile(valuesPath string, overrides map[string]interface{}) err
 	// level values against the top-level expectations. Subchart values are not linted.
 	// We could change that. For now, though, we retain that strategy, and thus can
 	// coalesce tables (like reuse-values does) instead of doing the full chart
-	// CoalesceValues.
-	values = chartutil.CoalesceTables(values, overrides)
+	// CoalesceValues
+	coalescedValues := chartutil.CoalesceTables(make(map[string]interface{}, len(overrides)), overrides)
+	coalescedValues = chartutil.CoalesceTables(coalescedValues, values)
 
 	ext := filepath.Ext(valuesPath)
 	schemaPath := valuesPath[:len(valuesPath)-len(ext)] + ".schema.json"
@@ -82,5 +83,5 @@ func validateValuesFile(valuesPath string, overrides map[string]interface{}) err
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	return chartutil.ValidateAgainstSingleSchema(values, schema)
+	return chartutil.ValidateAgainstSingleSchema(coalescedValues, schema)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/lint/rules/values_test.go b/pkg/lint/rules/values_test.go
index 6d93d630e..23335cc01 100644
--- a/pkg/lint/rules/values_test.go
+++ b/pkg/lint/rules/values_test.go
@@ -118,6 +118,53 @@ func TestValidateValuesFileSchemaOverrides(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestValidateValuesFile(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name         string
+		yaml         string
+		overrides    map[string]interface{}
+		errorMessage string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:      "value added",
+			yaml:      "username: admin",
+			overrides: map[string]interface{}{"password": "swordfish"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "value not overridden",
+			yaml:         "username: admin\npassword:",
+			overrides:    map[string]interface{}{"username": "anotherUser"},
+			errorMessage: "Expected: string, given: null",
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "value overridden",
+			yaml:      "username: admin\npassword:",
+			overrides: map[string]interface{}{"username": "anotherUser", "password": "swordfish"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			tmpdir := ensure.TempFile(t, "values.yaml", []byte(tt.yaml))
+			defer os.RemoveAll(tmpdir)
+			createTestingSchema(t, tmpdir)
+
+			valfile := filepath.Join(tmpdir, "values.yaml")
+
+			err := validateValuesFile(valfile, tt.overrides)
+
+			switch {
+			case err != nil && tt.errorMessage == "":
+				t.Errorf("Failed validation with %s", err)
+			case err == nil && tt.errorMessage != "":
+				t.Error("expected values file to fail parsing")
+			case err != nil && tt.errorMessage != "":
+				assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), tt.errorMessage, "Failed with unexpected error")
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func createTestingSchema(t *testing.T, dir string) string {
 	t.Helper()
 	schemafile := filepath.Join(dir, "values.schema.json")