Merging layers on an animation (frame timeline)

Hey guys, the following has been happening to me since the last update (can't say if this is CC version change or not):
When using Timeline for animations in frame mode, everytime I merge layers together, it's visible on all frames, no matther what I do. This didn't use to happen, every time I'd merge layers, they would still be visible only on the current frame. Since I work on frame-by-frame animation, this slows a bit my proccess because I have to go back and make this layer invisible again on all frames it shouldn't.
Any way to turn it off?
Thanks!

Try right clicking (in windows 7) on the layer you want to merge, or the top layer, and click 'merge down'. This will merge it into the layer under it, but won't create the bug. At least, it worked for me.

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