diff --git a/src/entt/meta/factory.hpp b/src/entt/meta/factory.hpp
index d29be0c77..d0d8c9d8e 100644
--- a/src/entt/meta/factory.hpp
+++ b/src/entt/meta/factory.hpp
@@ -104,23 +104,20 @@ private:
     template<std::size_t>
     void unroll(choice_t<0>) {}
 
-    template<std::size_t = 0, typename Key, typename... Value>
-    void assign(Key &&key, Value &&... value) {
-        static meta_any property[1u + sizeof...(Value)]{};
+    template<std::size_t = 0, typename Key>
+    void assign(Key &&key, meta_any value = {}) {
+        static meta_any property[2u]{};
 
         static internal::meta_prop_node node{
             nullptr,
             property,
-            sizeof...(Value) ? property + 1u : nullptr
+            property + 1u
         };
 
         entt::meta_any instance{std::forward<Key>(key)};
         ENTT_ASSERT(!internal::find_if_not(&instance, *curr, &node));
         property[0u] = std::move(instance);
-
-        if constexpr(sizeof...(Value) > 0) {
-            property[1u] = (std::forward<Value>(value), ...);
-        }
+        property[1u] = std::move(value);
 
         if(!internal::find_if(&node, *curr)) {
             node.next = *curr;
diff --git a/src/entt/meta/meta.hpp b/src/entt/meta/meta.hpp
index 606a839b2..6e0fb1e5b 100644
--- a/src/entt/meta/meta.hpp
+++ b/src/entt/meta/meta.hpp
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ struct meta_prop {
      * @return A meta any containing the value stored with the property.
      */
     [[nodiscard]] meta_any value() const {
-        return node->value ? *node->value : meta_any{};
+        return *node->value;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/test/entt/meta/meta_prop.cpp b/test/entt/meta/meta_prop.cpp
index 81d338b2b..790c130c0 100644
--- a/test/entt/meta/meta_prop.cpp
+++ b/test/entt/meta/meta_prop.cpp
@@ -62,10 +62,25 @@ TEST_F(MetaProp, FromBase) {
 }
 
 TEST_F(MetaProp, ReRegistration) {
+    using namespace entt::literals;
+
     MetaProp::StaticSetUp();
 
-    auto *node = entt::internal::meta_info<base_2_t>::resolve();
+    auto *node = entt::internal::meta_info<base_1_t>::resolve();
+    auto type = entt::resolve<base_1_t>();
 
     ASSERT_NE(node->prop, nullptr);
     ASSERT_EQ(node->prop->next, nullptr);
+
+    ASSERT_TRUE(type.prop("int"_hs));
+    ASSERT_EQ(type.prop("int"_hs).value().cast<int>(), 42);
+
+    entt::meta<base_1_t>().prop("double"_hs, 3.);
+
+    ASSERT_NE(node->prop, nullptr);
+    ASSERT_EQ(node->prop->next, nullptr);
+
+    ASSERT_FALSE(type.prop("int"_hs));
+    ASSERT_TRUE(type.prop("double"_hs));
+    ASSERT_EQ(type.prop("double"_hs).value().cast<double>(), 3.);
 }