diff --git a/code/Common/Bitmap.cpp b/code/Common/Bitmap.cpp
index 246ad9e651..e6732c528d 100644
--- a/code/Common/Bitmap.cpp
+++ b/code/Common/Bitmap.cpp
@@ -148,8 +148,10 @@ void Bitmap::WriteData(aiTexture *texture, IOStream *file) {
 
             file->Write(pixel, mBytesPerPixel, 1);
         }
-
-        file->Write(padding_data, padding, 1);
+        // When padding is 0, passing it as an argument will cause an assertion failure in DefaultIOStream::Write.
+        if (padding) {
+            file->Write(padding_data, padding, 1);
+        }
     }
 }