diff --git a/lib/tty/progressbar.rb b/lib/tty/progressbar.rb
index c47fd8a..cd7d85b 100644
--- a/lib/tty/progressbar.rb
+++ b/lib/tty/progressbar.rb
@@ -257,7 +257,10 @@ def render
       @tokens.each do |token, val|
         formatted = formatted.gsub(":#{token}", val)
       end
-      write(formatted, true)
+
+      padded = padout(formatted)
+
+      write(padded, true)
 
       @last_render_time  = Time.now
       @last_render_width = display_columns(formatted)
@@ -479,8 +482,10 @@ def inspect
     #
     # @api private
     def padout(message)
-      if @last_render_width > message.length
-        remaining_width = @last_render_width - message.length
+      message_length = display_columns(message)
+
+      if @last_render_width > message_length
+        remaining_width = @last_render_width - message_length
         message += ' ' * remaining_width
       end
       message
diff --git a/spec/unit/custom_token_spec.rb b/spec/unit/custom_token_spec.rb
index 923a43a..5a3835d 100644
--- a/spec/unit/custom_token_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/custom_token_spec.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     output.rewind
     expect(output.read).to eq([
       "\e[1G(1) Hello Piotr!",
-      "\e[1G(4) Bye Piotr!\n"
+      "\e[1G(4) Bye Piotr!  \n"
     ].join)
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/unit/render_spec.rb b/spec/unit/render_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89f270f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/unit/render_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+RSpec.describe TTY::ProgressBar, "#render" do
+  let(:output) { StringIO.new(+"", "w+") }
+
+  it "pads out longer previous lines" do
+    progress = TTY::ProgressBar.new ":current_byte" do |config|
+      config.no_width = true
+      config.output   = output
+      config.total    = 1_048_577
+    end
+
+    progress.advance(1)
+    progress.advance(1_048_574)
+    progress.advance(1)
+    progress.advance(1)
+
+    output.rewind
+
+    expect(output.read).to eq([
+      "\e[1G1B",
+      "\e[1G1024.00KB", # must not pad, line is longer
+      "\e[1G1.00MB   ", # must pad out "0KB"
+      "\e[1G1.00MB",  # must not pad, line is equal
+    ].join)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/unit/resize_spec.rb b/spec/unit/resize_spec.rb
index 87f4462..f590b24 100644
--- a/spec/unit/resize_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/resize_spec.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
       "\e[1G[==        ]",
       "\e[1G[====      ]",
       "\e[0m\e[2K\e[1G",
-      "\e[1G[===  ]",
+      "\e[1G[===  ]     ",
       "\e[1G[==== ]",
       "\e[1G[=====]\n"
     ].join)