diff --git a/changelog/66610.fixed.md b/changelog/66610.fixed.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d04973a68a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/66610.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed Salt-SSH crash when key deploy is skipped manually
diff --git a/salt/client/ssh/__init__.py b/salt/client/ssh/__init__.py
index b8cf40f0f51..a2cda6d1dc8 100644
--- a/salt/client/ssh/__init__.py
+++ b/salt/client/ssh/__init__.py
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ class SSH(MultiprocessingStateMixin):
             )
             deploy = input("[Y/n] ")
             if deploy.startswith(("n", "N")):
-                return ret
+                return ret, None
             target["passwd"] = getpass.getpass(
                 "Password for {}@{}: ".format(target["user"], host)
             )