mobile data is disabled but data plan is charged on CM12.1 - Sony Xperia Z Ultra

I have a LTE-enabled SIM on a C6843. My typical scenario is: phone is on airplane mode during the night, and goes out of airplane mode in the morning. Mobile data is always disabled.
Recently I noticed that my operator has been charging my pre-paid plan with data connection charges although I have data connection always disabled. I get daily charges for data connection with 0,000 MB transfered (TIM Brazil, if that matters).
The phone is on CM12.1 20150917, but this has been happening for at least 30 days (based on the data charges).
Has anyone seen similar behavior? Is there some workaround?
Pedro
CM bug: https://jira.cyanogenmod.org/browse/NIGHTLIES-1827

workaround
Changing data mobile connection from LTE to 3G seems to mostly avoid this issue for me. It does add the extra step to change connection to LTE when I do have to use the mobile network.

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JonnyTrulove said:
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