diff --git a/R/bmerge.R b/R/bmerge.R
index 571a18ec7..b6e0f4afb 100644
--- a/R/bmerge.R
+++ b/R/bmerge.R
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ bmerge = function(i, x, icols, xcols, roll, rollends, nomatch, mult, ops, verbos
         set(i, j=ic, value=match.fun(paste0("as.", x_merge_type))(i[[ic]]))
         next
       }
-      else if (anyNA(x[[xc]]) && allNA(x[[xc]])) {
+      if (anyNA(x[[xc]]) && allNA(x[[xc]])) {
         if (verbose) catf("Coercing all-NA %s (%s) to type %s to match type of %s.\n", xname, x_merge_type, i_merge_type, iname)
         set(x, j=xc, value=match.fun(paste0("as.", i_merge_type))(x[[xc]]))
         next
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ bmerge = function(i, x, icols, xcols, roll, rollends, nomatch, mult, ops, verbos
             xc_idx = xcols[ic_idx]
             for (b in which(vapply_1c(x[0L, ..xc_idx], getClass) == "double")) {
               xb = xcols[b]
-              if (!isReallyReal(x[[xb]])) {
+              if (isReallyReal(x[[xb]])) {
                 coerce_x = FALSE
                 break
               }
diff --git a/inst/tests/tests.Rraw b/inst/tests/tests.Rraw
index 71c43aa67..f77c3fbcb 100644
--- a/inst/tests/tests.Rraw
+++ b/inst/tests/tests.Rraw
@@ -20611,9 +20611,9 @@ test(2297.03, options=c(datatable.verbose=TRUE), y[x, on=.(c == a, d == a)], dat
 test(2297.04, options=c(datatable.verbose=TRUE), y[x, on=.(d == a, c == a)], data.table(c=d_int, d=d_int), output="Coercing .*c to type double")
 x = data.table(a=1)
 y = data.table(c=1, d=1L)
-test(2297.11, options=c(datatable.verbose=TRUE), y[x, on=.(c == a, d == a)], data.table(c=1, d=1), output="Coercing .*d to type double")
-test(2297.12, options=c(datatable.verbose=TRUE), y[x, on=.(d == a, c == a)], data.table(c=1, d=1), output="Coercing .*d to type double")
+test(2297.11, options=c(datatable.verbose=TRUE), y[x, on=.(c == a, d == a)], data.table(c=1L, d=1L), output="Coercing double column x.c (which contains no fractions) to type integer")
+test(2297.12, options=c(datatable.verbose=TRUE), y[x, on=.(d == a, c == a)], data.table(c=1L, d=1L), output="Coercing double column x.c (which contains no fractions) to type integer")
 x = data.table(a=d_dbl)
 y = data.table(c=d_dbl, d=d_int)
-test(2297.13, options=c(datatable.verbose=TRUE), y[x, on=.(c == a, d == a)], data.table(c=d_dbl, d=d_dbl), output="Coercing .*d to type double")
-test(2297.14, options=c(datatable.verbose=TRUE), y[x, on=.(d == a, c == a)], data.table(c=d_dbl, d=d_dbl), output="Coercing .*d to type double")
+test(2297.13, options=c(datatable.verbose=TRUE), y[x, on=.(c == a, d == a)], data.table(c=d_int, d=d_int), output="Coercing double column x.c (which contains no fractions) to type integer")
+test(2297.14, options=c(datatable.verbose=TRUE), y[x, on=.(d == a, c == a)], data.table(c=d_int, d=d_int), output="Coercing double column x.c (which contains no fractions) to type integer")