diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/buttonprogresswidget.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/buttonprogresswidget.lua
index fa9ee86cf..0bc98c1b4 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/buttonprogresswidget.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/buttonprogresswidget.lua
@@ -98,9 +98,7 @@ function ButtonProgressWidget:update()
                 self.callback("-")
                 self:update()
             end,
-            hold_callback = function()
-                self.hold_callback("-")
-            end,
+            hold_callback = self.hold_callback and function() self.hold_callback("-") end,
         }
         if self.thin_grey_style then
             button.frame.color = Blitbuffer.COLOR_DARK_GRAY
@@ -147,9 +145,7 @@ function ButtonProgressWidget:update()
                 self:update()
             end,
             no_focus = highlighted,
-            hold_callback = function()
-                self.hold_callback(i)
-            end,
+            hold_callback = self.hold_callback and function() self.hold_callback(i) end,
         }
         if self.thin_grey_style then
             if is_default then
@@ -204,9 +200,7 @@ function ButtonProgressWidget:update()
                 self.callback("+")
                 self:update()
             end,
-            hold_callback = function()
-                self.hold_callback("+")
-            end,
+            hold_callback = self.hold_callback and function() self.hold_callback("+") end,
         }
 
         if self.thin_grey_style then
@@ -241,9 +235,7 @@ function ButtonProgressWidget:update()
                 self.callback("⋮")
                 self:update()
             end,
-            hold_callback = function()
-                self.hold_callback("⋮")
-            end,
+            hold_callback = self.hold_callback and function() self.hold_callback("⋮") end,
         }
         if self.thin_grey_style then
             button.frame.color = Blitbuffer.COLOR_DARK_GRAY