diff --git a/cmd/restic/global.go b/cmd/restic/global.go
index e603673df..18dd97d68 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/global.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/global.go
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ func clearLine(w int) string {
 
 	// ANSI sequences are not supported on Windows cmd shell.
 	if w <= 0 {
-		if w = terminal.StdoutTerminalWidth(); w <= 0 {
+		if w = terminal.StdoutWidth(); w <= 0 {
 			return ""
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/restic/progress.go b/cmd/restic/progress.go
index 5af108944..b0d80a896 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/progress.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/progress.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func printProgress(status string, final bool) {
 
 	canUpdateStatus := terminal.StdoutCanUpdateStatus()
 
-	w := terminal.StdoutTerminalWidth()
+	w := terminal.StdoutWidth()
 	if w > 0 {
 		if w < 3 {
 			status = termstatus.Truncate(status, w)
diff --git a/internal/terminal/stdio.go b/internal/terminal/stdio.go
index 4b11731c9..70e465ccb 100644
--- a/internal/terminal/stdio.go
+++ b/internal/terminal/stdio.go
@@ -20,8 +20,12 @@ func StdoutCanUpdateStatus() bool {
 	return CanUpdateStatus(os.Stdout.Fd())
 }
 
-func StdoutTerminalWidth() int {
-	w, _, err := term.GetSize(int(os.Stdout.Fd()))
+func StdoutWidth() int {
+	return Width(os.Stdout.Fd())
+}
+
+func Width(fd uintptr) int {
+	w, _, err := term.GetSize(int(fd))
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0
 	}
diff --git a/internal/ui/termstatus/status.go b/internal/ui/termstatus/status.go
index e4d9f19bf..71be8ec4e 100644
--- a/internal/ui/termstatus/status.go
+++ b/internal/ui/termstatus/status.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"unicode"
 
-	"golang.org/x/term"
 	"golang.org/x/text/width"
 
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/terminal"
@@ -321,9 +320,8 @@ func (t *Terminal) SetStatus(lines []string) {
 	// only truncate interactive status output
 	var width int
 	if t.canUpdateStatus {
-		var err error
-		width, _, err = term.GetSize(int(t.fd))
-		if err != nil || width <= 0 {
+		width = terminal.Width(t.fd)
+		if width <= 0 {
 			// use 80 columns by default
 			width = 80
 		}