diff --git a/src/spec_tools/core.cljc b/src/spec_tools/core.cljc
index 628599e8..f8b894e7 100644
--- a/src/spec_tools/core.cljc
+++ b/src/spec_tools/core.cljc
@@ -274,16 +274,21 @@
     (accept spec value (assoc options :skip? true))
     value))
 
-(defmethod walk :or [{:keys [::parse/items] :as spec} value accept options]
+(defn- valid-spec [item transformed]
+  (let [spec (:spec item)]
+    (cond
+      (qualified-keyword? spec) (s/valid? (s/get-spec spec) transformed)
+      (fn? spec) (spec transformed)
+      :else nil)))
+
+(defmethod walk :or [{:keys [::parse/items]} value accept options]
   (reduce
    (fn [v item]
      (let [transformed (accept item v options)
-           valid-branch? (s/valid? (create-spec item) transformed)
-           any-spec? (= (:form spec) #?(:clj 'clojure.core/any?
-                                        :cljs 'cljs.core/any?))]
+           valid? (valid-spec item transformed)]
        (cond
-         (and valid-branch? (not any-spec?)) (reduced transformed)
-         (= transformed v) v
+         valid? (reduced transformed)
+         (not valid?) transformed
          :else (reduced transformed))))
    value items))
 
diff --git a/test/cljc/spec_tools/core_test.cljc b/test/cljc/spec_tools/core_test.cljc
index 4f2a251c..e07790a5 100644
--- a/test/cljc/spec_tools/core_test.cljc
+++ b/test/cljc/spec_tools/core_test.cljc
@@ -804,11 +804,18 @@
 (s/def ::tires (s/coll-of (s/and int?) :into #{}))
 (s/def ::vehicle (s/or :car ::car
                        :bike ::bike))
+
 (s/def ::new-vehicle (s/map-of
                       keyword?
                       (s/or :vehicle ::vehicle
                             :tires (s/coll-of (s/and int?) :into #{}))))
 
+(s/def ::keyword keyword?)
+(s/def ::int int?)
+(s/def ::date inst?)
+(s/def ::s (s/or :x (s/keys :req-un [::keyword ::int])
+                 :y (s/keys :req-un [::keyword ::date])))
+
 (deftest issue-179
   (testing "st/coerce can work properly with s/or specs"
     (let [chevy {:doors 4}]
@@ -817,4 +824,6 @@
       (is (= (st/coerce ::vehicle chevy st/strip-extra-keys-transformer)
              {:doors 4}))
       (is (= (st/coerce ::new-vehicle {:rodas [1 "1" 3]} st/strip-extra-keys-transformer)
-             {:rodas #{1 "1" 3}})))))
+             {:rodas #{1 "1" 3}}))
+      (is (= (st/coerce ::s {:keyword "a" :date "2020-02-22"} st/json-transformer)
+             {:keyword :a :date #inst "2020-02-22T00:00:00.000-00:00"})))))