diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/barchart/module.tsx b/public/app/plugins/panel/barchart/module.tsx
index 4c009111ec9..17ff1176deb 100755
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/barchart/module.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/barchart/module.tsx
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export const plugin = new PanelPlugin<BarChartOptions, BarChartFieldConfig>(BarC
           },
         });
 
-      commonOptionsBuilder.addAxisConfig(builder, cfg, true);
+      commonOptionsBuilder.addAxisConfig(builder, cfg, false);
       commonOptionsBuilder.addHideFrom(builder);
     },
   })
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/barchart/utils.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/barchart/utils.ts
index e4cb29ea440..7f0757ab2e8 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/barchart/utils.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/barchart/utils.ts
@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@ export const preparePlotConfigBuilder: UPlotConfigPrepFn<BarChartOptions> = ({
       softMax: customConfig.axisSoftMax,
       orientation: vizOrientation.yOri,
       direction: vizOrientation.yDir,
+      distribution: customConfig.scaleDistribution?.type,
+      log: customConfig.scaleDistribution?.log,
     });
 
     if (customConfig.axisPlacement !== AxisPlacement.Hidden) {