diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
index 3217052..95009a1 100644
--- a/util.go
+++ b/util.go
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ type ConfigParseError struct {
 }
 
 // Error returns the formatted configuration error.
-func (pe *ConfigParseError) Error() string {
+func (pe ConfigParseError) Error() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("While parsing config: %s", pe.err.Error())
 }
 
 // Unwrap returns the wrapped error.
-func (pe *ConfigParseError) Unwrap() error {
+func (pe ConfigParseError) Unwrap() error {
 	return pe.err
 }
 
diff --git a/viper.go b/viper.go
index 11f50ba..5f76cc0 100644
--- a/viper.go
+++ b/viper.go
@@ -1700,7 +1700,7 @@ func (v *Viper) unmarshalReader(in io.Reader, c map[string]interface{}) error {
 	case "yaml", "yml", "json", "toml", "hcl", "tfvars", "ini", "properties", "props", "prop", "dotenv", "env":
 		err := v.decoderRegistry.Decode(format, buf.Bytes(), c)
 		if err != nil {
-			return &ConfigParseError{err}
+			return ConfigParseError{err}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/viper_test.go b/viper_test.go
index 45c71e1..77b8455 100644
--- a/viper_test.go
+++ b/viper_test.go
@@ -1485,17 +1485,14 @@ func TestWrongDirsSearchNotFoundForMerge(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, `default`, v.GetString(`key`))
 }
 
-func TestUnwrap(t *testing.T) {
-	yamlInvalid := []byte(`hash: map
-	- foo
-	- bar
-	`)
+var yamlInvalid = []byte(`hash: map
+- foo
+- bar
+`)
 
+func TestUnwrapParseErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	SetConfigType("yaml")
-	err := ReadConfig(bytes.NewBuffer(yamlInvalid))
-
-	var cpe ConfigParseError
-	if !errors.As(err, &cpe) {
+	if !errors.As(ReadConfig(bytes.NewBuffer(yamlInvalid)), &ConfigParseError{}) {
 		t.Fatalf("not a ConfigParseError")
 	}
 }