diff --git a/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/rle/RunLengthBitPackingHybridDecoder.java b/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/rle/RunLengthBitPackingHybridDecoder.java
index e55b276b29..b715d00af1 100644
--- a/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/rle/RunLengthBitPackingHybridDecoder.java
+++ b/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/rle/RunLengthBitPackingHybridDecoder.java
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
  */
 package org.apache.parquet.column.values.rle;
 
-import java.io.DataInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import org.apache.parquet.Preconditions;
 import org.apache.parquet.bytes.BytesUtils;
 import org.apache.parquet.column.values.bitpacking.BytePacker;
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ private static enum MODE {
   private int currentCount;
   private int currentValue;
   private int[] currentBuffer;
+  private int currentBufferLength;
+  private byte[] packedBytes;
 
   public RunLengthBitPackingHybridDecoder(int bitWidth, InputStream in) {
     LOG.debug("decoding bitWidth {}", bitWidth);
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ public int readInt() throws IOException {
         result = currentValue;
         break;
       case PACKED:
-        result = currentBuffer[currentBuffer.length - 1 - currentCount];
+        result = currentBuffer[currentBufferLength - 1 - currentCount];
         break;
       default:
         throw new ParquetDecodingException("not a valid mode " + mode);
@@ -90,17 +92,23 @@ private void readNext() throws IOException {
       case PACKED:
         int numGroups = header >>> 1;
         currentCount = numGroups * 8;
+        currentBufferLength = currentCount;
         LOG.debug("reading {} values BIT PACKED", currentCount);
-        currentBuffer = new int[currentCount]; // TODO: reuse a buffer
-        byte[] bytes = new byte[numGroups * bitWidth];
-        // At the end of the file RLE data though, there might not be that many bytes left.
-        int bytesToRead = (int) Math.ceil(currentCount * bitWidth / 8.0);
-        bytesToRead = Math.min(bytesToRead, in.available());
-        new DataInputStream(in).readFully(bytes, 0, bytesToRead);
+        if (currentBuffer == null || currentBuffer.length < currentCount) {
+          currentBuffer = new int[currentCount];
+        }
+        int bytesNeeded = numGroups * bitWidth;
+        if (packedBytes == null || packedBytes.length < bytesNeeded) {
+          packedBytes = new byte[bytesNeeded];
+        }
+        int bytesRead = in.readNBytes(packedBytes, 0, bytesNeeded);
+        if (bytesRead < bytesNeeded) {
+          Arrays.fill(packedBytes, bytesRead, bytesNeeded, (byte) 0);
+        }
         for (int valueIndex = 0, byteIndex = 0;
             valueIndex < currentCount;
             valueIndex += 8, byteIndex += bitWidth) {
-          packer.unpack8Values(bytes, byteIndex, currentBuffer, valueIndex);
+          packer.unpack8Values(packedBytes, byteIndex, currentBuffer, valueIndex);
         }
         break;
       default:
diff --git a/parquet-column/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/rle/TestRunLengthBitPackingHybridEncoder.java b/parquet-column/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/rle/TestRunLengthBitPackingHybridEncoder.java
index 93a6c8deb4..04dbeed23e 100644
--- a/parquet-column/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/rle/TestRunLengthBitPackingHybridEncoder.java
+++ b/parquet-column/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/column/values/rle/TestRunLengthBitPackingHybridEncoder.java
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@
 package org.apache.parquet.column.values.rle;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import org.apache.parquet.bytes.BytesUtils;
 import org.apache.parquet.bytes.DirectByteBufferAllocator;
@@ -298,6 +300,49 @@ public void testGroupBoundary() throws Exception {
     assertEquals(stream.available(), 0);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testTruncatedPackedRunAfterFullPackedRunDoesNotReuseStaleBytes() throws Exception {
+    int bitWidth = 3;
+    BytePacker packer = Packer.LITTLE_ENDIAN.newBytePacker(bitWidth);
+
+    int[] firstRunValues = new int[8];
+    Arrays.fill(firstRunValues, 7);
+    byte[] firstRunPacked = new byte[bitWidth];
+    packer.pack8Values(firstRunValues, 0, firstRunPacked, 0);
+
+    int[] secondRunValues = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 0};
+    byte[] secondRunPacked = new byte[bitWidth];
+    packer.pack8Values(secondRunValues, 0, secondRunPacked, 0);
+
+    byte[] encoded = {
+      (byte) ((1 << 1) | 1),
+      firstRunPacked[0],
+      firstRunPacked[1],
+      firstRunPacked[2],
+      (byte) ((1 << 1) | 1),
+      secondRunPacked[0]
+    };
+
+    RunLengthBitPackingHybridDecoder decoder =
+        new RunLengthBitPackingHybridDecoder(bitWidth, new ByteArrayInputStream(encoded));
+
+    for (int ignored = 0; ignored < 8; ignored++) {
+      assertEquals(7, decoder.readInt());
+    }
+
+    int[] actualSecondRun = new int[8];
+    for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
+      actualSecondRun[i] = decoder.readInt();
+    }
+
+    byte[] expectedSecondPacked = new byte[bitWidth];
+    expectedSecondPacked[0] = secondRunPacked[0];
+    int[] expectedSecondRun = new int[8];
+    packer.unpack8Values(expectedSecondPacked, 0, expectedSecondRun, 0);
+
+    assertArrayEquals(expectedSecondRun, actualSecondRun);
+  }
+
   private static List<Integer> unpack(int bitWidth, int numValues, ByteArrayInputStream is) throws Exception {
 
     BytePacker packer = Packer.LITTLE_ENDIAN.newBytePacker(bitWidth);