Revert SafeERC20: approve from non-zero to non-zero allowance error

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Hi there,

I am writing a simple contact, need to escrow and release ERC20 tokens, but when I have created multiple escrows, and trying to release the tokens accordingly, always get this error "SafeERC20: approve from non-zero to non-zero allowance error".

The releasing code is:

  function releaseEscrow(uint _orderId) external onlySeller(_orderId){ 
         Escrow memory _escrow = escrows[_orderId];     
        require(escrows[_orderId].status == EscrowStatus.Funded,"USDT has not been deposited");         
        _escrow.status = EscrowStatus.TokenApproved;
        
        uint256 totalFees = escrow.sellerfee + escrow.buyerfee + escrow.additionalGasFees;
        feesAvailable += _totalFees;
        
        // here we tell the curreny that the buyer can ONLY have 'value' funds.
        tokenccy.safeApprove(_escrow.buyer,(_escrow.value - _totalFees));
        
        require(_escrow.status == EscrowStatus.TokenApproved,"USDT has not been approved!");
        _escrow.status = EscrowStatus.Completed;
        
        tokenccy.safeTransfer( escrow.buyer, (escrow.value - _totalFees) );
        delete escrows[_orderId];
        emit EscrowComplete(_orderId, _escrow);
    }

Just wondering what could be the problem here. Thanks in advance.