diff --git a/src/renderers/dom/shared/DOMPropertyOperations.js b/src/renderers/dom/shared/DOMPropertyOperations.js
index 809102ea556a8..364ca58d10f7b 100644
--- a/src/renderers/dom/shared/DOMPropertyOperations.js
+++ b/src/renderers/dom/shared/DOMPropertyOperations.js
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ var DOMPropertyOperations = {
         } else if (propertyInfo.hasBooleanValue ||
                    (propertyInfo.hasOverloadedBooleanValue && value === true)) {
           node.setAttribute(attributeName, '');
-        } else if (attributeName === 'value' && node.hasAttribute('value')) {
+        } else if (attributeName === 'value') {
           // Use loose coercion to prevent replacement on comparisons like
           // '3e1' == 30 in Chrome (~52).
           if (node.value != value) { // eslint-disable-line
diff --git a/src/renderers/dom/shared/__tests__/DOMPropertyOperations-test.js b/src/renderers/dom/shared/__tests__/DOMPropertyOperations-test.js
index b75eb9bfe23b6..6261294001735 100644
--- a/src/renderers/dom/shared/__tests__/DOMPropertyOperations-test.js
+++ b/src/renderers/dom/shared/__tests__/DOMPropertyOperations-test.js
@@ -346,6 +346,16 @@ describe('DOMPropertyOperations', function() {
       expect(stubNode.className).toBe('');
     });
 
+    it('should not update numeric values when the input.value is loosely the same', function() {
+      stubNode.setAttribute('type', 'number');
+      stubNode.value = '3e1';
+
+      spyOn(stubNode, 'setAttribute');
+
+      DOMPropertyOperations.setValueForProperty(stubNode, 'value', 30);
+
+      expect(stubNode.setAttribute.calls.count()).toBe(0);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('deleteValueForProperty', function() {