diff --git a/export_test.go b/export_test.go
index fba0eaf..243429b 100644
--- a/export_test.go
+++ b/export_test.go
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 // make syncWidth func public in test
 var SyncWidth = syncWidth
-var MaxWidthDistributor = &maxWidthDistributor
+var MaxWidthDistributor = maxWidthDistributor
diff --git a/progress.go b/progress.go
index ede745f..241b548 100644
--- a/progress.go
+++ b/progress.go
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@
 	}
 }
 
-var maxWidthDistributor = func(column []chan int) {
+func maxWidthDistributor(column []chan int) {
 	var maxWidth int
 	for _, ch := range column {
 		if w := <-ch; w > maxWidth {
diff --git a/progress_test.go b/progress_test.go
index bf745ac..122d3cb 100644
--- a/progress_test.go
+++ b/progress_test.go
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
 	ready := make(chan struct{})
 	start := make(chan struct{})
 	end := make(chan struct{})
-	*mpb.MaxWidthDistributor = makeWrapper(*mpb.MaxWidthDistributor, start, end)
+	mpb.MaxWidthDistributor = makeWrapper(mpb.MaxWidthDistributor, start, end)
 
 	total := 80
 	numBars := 6