diff --git a/src/ui/camera.js b/src/ui/camera.js
index 4f02cf6763e..b830914a782 100644
--- a/src/ui/camera.js
+++ b/src/ui/camera.js
@@ -599,6 +599,8 @@ class Camera extends Evented {
         if (!calculatedOptions) return this;
 
         options = extend(calculatedOptions, options);
+        // Explictly remove the padding field because, calculatedOptions already accounts for padding by setting zoom and center accordingly.
+        delete options.padding;
 
         return options.linear ?
             this.easeTo(options, eventData) :
diff --git a/test/unit/ui/camera.test.js b/test/unit/ui/camera.test.js
index fe656b558ff..ba23f8b9c9f 100644
--- a/test/unit/ui/camera.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/ui/camera.test.js
@@ -1889,6 +1889,21 @@ test('camera', (t) => {
             t.end();
         });
 
+        t.test('padding does not get propagated to transform.padding', (t) => {
+            const camera = createCamera();
+            const bb = [[-133, 16], [-68, 50]];
+
+            camera.fitBounds(bb, {padding: {top: 10, right: 75, bottom: 50, left: 25}, duration:0});
+            const padding = camera.transform.padding;
+            t.deepEqual(padding, {
+                left: 0,
+                right: 0,
+                top: 0,
+                bottom: 0
+            });
+            t.end();
+        });
+
         t.end();
     });