diff --git a/include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index 9b26dd70..f7216673 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -3759,7 +3759,8 @@ class basic_json
     @since version 1.0.0
     */
     template<class ValueType, typename std::enable_if<
-                 std::is_convertible<basic_json_t, ValueType>::value, int>::type = 0>
+                 std::is_convertible<basic_json_t, ValueType>::value
+                 and not std::is_same<value_t, ValueType>::value, int>::type = 0>
     ValueType value(const typename object_t::key_type& key, const ValueType& default_value) const
     {
         // at only works for objects
diff --git a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index f5abd465..af66b320 100644
--- a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -19205,7 +19205,8 @@ class basic_json
     @since version 1.0.0
     */
     template<class ValueType, typename std::enable_if<
-                 std::is_convertible<basic_json_t, ValueType>::value, int>::type = 0>
+                 std::is_convertible<basic_json_t, ValueType>::value
+                 and not std::is_same<value_t, ValueType>::value, int>::type = 0>
     ValueType value(const typename object_t::key_type& key, const ValueType& default_value) const
     {
         // at only works for objects