diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ab5c1e6..1902f9b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased] - ReleaseDate
 
+### Fixed
+
+- [#50](https://github.com/embedded-graphics/tinybmp/pull/50) Fixed handling of padding bytes in absolute mode for RLE4 compressed files.
+
 ### Changed
 
 - **(breaking)** [#49](https://github.com/embedded-graphics/tinybmp/pull/41) Use 1.81 as the MSRV.
diff --git a/src/raw_iter.rs b/src/raw_iter.rs
index de572b7..458e3a3 100644
--- a/src/raw_iter.rs
+++ b/src/raw_iter.rs
@@ -413,13 +413,14 @@ impl<'a> Iterator for Rle4Pixels<'a> {
                                     // Delta encoding is unsupported.
                                     return None;
                                 }
-                                _ => {
+                                num_pixels => {
+                                    let num_bytes = num_pixels.div_ceil(2);
                                     // Absolute mode
                                     self.rle_state = RleState::Absolute {
                                         remaining: param.saturating_sub(1),
                                         is_odd: (param % 2) != 0,
                                         // padding if the number of *bytes* is odd
-                                        has_padding: ((param >> 1) % 2) != 0,
+                                        has_padding: num_bytes & 1 != 0,
                                     };
                                 }
                             }
diff --git a/tests/embedded_graphics.rs b/tests/embedded_graphics.rs
index 11e94c9..21d7b0a 100644
--- a/tests/embedded_graphics.rs
+++ b/tests/embedded_graphics.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use embedded_graphics::{
-    image::Image,
+    image::{Image, ImageRawLE},
     mock_display::{ColorMapping, MockDisplay},
-    pixelcolor::{Gray8, Rgb555, Rgb565, Rgb888},
+    pixelcolor::{Bgr888, Gray8, Rgb555, Rgb565, Rgb888},
     prelude::*,
     primitives::Rectangle,
 };
@@ -149,3 +149,21 @@ fn issue_8_height_is_negative() {
     bottom_up_display.assert_pattern(&["WK", "KK"]);
     top_down_display.assert_eq(&bottom_up_display);
 }
+
+/// Test for PR #50
+#[test]
+fn pr_50_rle4_padding() {
+    let bmp = Bmp::<Bgr888>::from_slice(include_bytes!("pr_50_rle4_padding.bmp")).unwrap();
+    let raw = ImageRawLE::<Bgr888>::new(include_bytes!("pr_50_rle4_padding.raw"), 20);
+
+    assert_eq!(raw.size(), Size::new(20, 20));
+    assert_eq!(bmp.size(), Size::new(20, 20));
+
+    let mut display_bmp = MockDisplay::new();
+    let mut display_raw = MockDisplay::new();
+
+    bmp.draw(&mut display_bmp).unwrap();
+    raw.draw(&mut display_raw).unwrap();
+
+    display_bmp.assert_eq(&display_raw);
+}
diff --git a/tests/pr_50_rle4_padding.bmp b/tests/pr_50_rle4_padding.bmp
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/tests/pr_50_rle4_padding.raw b/tests/pr_50_rle4_padding.raw
new file mode 100644
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