diff --git a/lib/versioned-map.ts b/lib/versioned-map.ts
index 2babcf6..88076bf 100644
--- a/lib/versioned-map.ts
+++ b/lib/versioned-map.ts
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ export default class VersionedMap<K, V> {
       prev = v;
     }
 
+    if (prev === NONEXISTENT && !res.delete) return null;
+
     return res;
   }
 
@@ -122,6 +124,8 @@ export default class VersionedMap<K, V> {
       del,
     );
 
+    if (!mutations) return;
+
     const revisions = [];
 
     let prev: V | symbol = NONEXISTENT;
@@ -149,7 +153,7 @@ export default class VersionedMap<K, V> {
 
   public *diff(): IterableIterator<[K, V, V]> {
     for (const [key, revisions] of this.map) {
-      if (revisions.length === 1) continue;
+      if (revisions.length <= 1) continue;
       let first = revisions[0];
       let last = revisions[revisions.length - 1];
       if (first === NONEXISTENT && last === NONEXISTENT) continue;