diff --git a/lib/if.js b/lib/if.js
index 1e9ed2d..d8b1eac 100644
--- a/lib/if.js
+++ b/lib/if.js
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ import ifElse from './ifElse';
 import curry from './util/curry';
 
 export default curry((predicate, trueUpdates, object) =>
-  ifElse(predicate, trueUpdates, {}, object)
+  ifElse(predicate, trueUpdates, x => x, object)
 );
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 35c605e..683f88d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
   ],
   "scripts": {
     "test": "gulp",
+    "test:watch": "gulp watch",
     "prepublish": "gulp prepublish",
     "perf-server": "`npm bin`/webpack-dev-server --config perf/webpack.config.js --hot"
   },
diff --git a/test/if-spec.js b/test/if-spec.js
index 399383f..7f7f485 100644
--- a/test/if-spec.js
+++ b/test/if-spec.js
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ import u from '../lib';
 describe('u.if', () => {
   it('does not update if the predicate is false', () => {
     const object = { a: 0 };
-    const result = u.if(false, { b: 1 }, object);
+    let result = u.if(false, { b: 1 }, object);
     expect(result).to.eql(object);
+
+    result = u({ x: u.if(false, 1)}, {});
+    expect(result).to.eql({});
   });
 
   it('does update if the predicate is true', () => {