diff --git a/src/renderers/dom/client/wrappers/ReactDOMInput.js b/src/renderers/dom/client/wrappers/ReactDOMInput.js
index 7263bca413f34..0eb9509a7337f 100644
--- a/src/renderers/dom/client/wrappers/ReactDOMInput.js
+++ b/src/renderers/dom/client/wrappers/ReactDOMInput.js
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ var ReactDOMInput = {
           // browsers typically do this as necessary, jsdom doesn't.
           node.value = '' + value;
         }
-      } else if (node.value !== value) {
+      } else if (node.value !== '' + value) {
         // Cast `value` to a string to ensure the value is set correctly. While
         // browsers typically do this as necessary, jsdom doesn't.
         node.value = '' + value;
diff --git a/src/renderers/dom/client/wrappers/__tests__/ReactDOMInput-test.js b/src/renderers/dom/client/wrappers/__tests__/ReactDOMInput-test.js
index 03dbda5dcc40d..ababb9120c202 100644
--- a/src/renderers/dom/client/wrappers/__tests__/ReactDOMInput-test.js
+++ b/src/renderers/dom/client/wrappers/__tests__/ReactDOMInput-test.js
@@ -324,6 +324,46 @@ describe('ReactDOMInput', () => {
     expect(nodeValueSetter.mock.calls.length).toBe(1);
   });
 
+  it('should not incur unnecessary DOM mutations for numeric type conversion', () => {
+    var container = document.createElement('div');
+    ReactDOM.render(<input value="0" />, container);
+
+    var node = container.firstChild;
+    var nodeValue = '0';
+    var nodeValueSetter = jest.genMockFn();
+    Object.defineProperty(node, 'value', {
+      get: function() {
+        return nodeValue;
+      },
+      set: nodeValueSetter.mockImplementation(function(newValue) {
+        nodeValue = newValue;
+      }),
+    });
+
+    ReactDOM.render(<input value={0} />, container);
+    expect(nodeValueSetter.mock.calls.length).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('should not incur unnecessary DOM mutations for the boolean type conversion', () => {
+    var container = document.createElement('div');
+    ReactDOM.render(<input value="true" />, container);
+
+    var node = container.firstChild;
+    var nodeValue = 'true';
+    var nodeValueSetter = jest.genMockFn();
+    Object.defineProperty(node, 'value', {
+      get: function() {
+        return nodeValue;
+      },
+      set: nodeValueSetter.mockImplementation(function(newValue) {
+        nodeValue = newValue;
+      }),
+    });
+
+    ReactDOM.render(<input value={true} />, container);
+    expect(nodeValueSetter.mock.calls.length).toBe(0);
+  });
+
   it('should properly control a value of number `0`', () => {
     var stub = <input type="text" value={0} onChange={emptyFunction} />;
     stub = ReactTestUtils.renderIntoDocument(stub);