diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/coalesce.go b/pkg/chartutil/coalesce.go
index 1d3d45e99..e086d8b6e 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/coalesce.go
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/coalesce.go
@@ -157,7 +157,11 @@ func coalesceValues(c *chart.Chart, v map[string]interface{}) {
 				// if v[key] is a table, merge nv's val table into v[key].
 				src, ok := val.(map[string]interface{})
 				if !ok {
-					log.Printf("warning: skipped value for %s: Not a table.", key)
+					// If the original value is nil, there is nothing to coalesce, so we don't print
+					// the warning but simply continue
+					if val != nil {
+						log.Printf("warning: skipped value for %s: Not a table.", key)
+					}
 					continue
 				}
 				// Because v has higher precedence than nv, dest values override src
@@ -195,7 +199,7 @@ func CoalesceTables(dst, src map[string]interface{}) map[string]interface{} {
 			} else {
 				log.Printf("warning: cannot overwrite table with non table for %s (%v)", key, val)
 			}
-		} else if istable(dv) {
+		} else if istable(dv) && val != nil {
 			log.Printf("warning: destination for %s is a table. Ignoring non-table value %v", key, val)
 		}
 	}