diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/coalesce.go b/pkg/chartutil/coalesce.go
index c502615a8..1d3d45e99 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/coalesce.go
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/coalesce.go
@@ -176,13 +176,11 @@ func coalesceValues(c *chart.Chart, v map[string]interface{}) {
 // dest is considered authoritative.
 func CoalesceTables(dst, src map[string]interface{}) map[string]interface{} {
 	// When --reuse-values is set but there are no modifications yet, return new values
-	if dst == nil || src == nil {
-		if src == nil {
-			return dst
-		}
-		if dst == nil {
-			return src
-		}
+	if src == nil {
+		return dst
+	}
+	if dst == nil {
+		return src
 	}
 	// Because dest has higher precedence than src, dest values override src
 	// values.