diff --git a/.changelog/3216.txt b/.changelog/3216.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b826f9d5e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/3216.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:enhancement
+resource/tencentcloud_ssl_certificates: fix crash while no return `CertificatePublicKey`
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tencentcloud/services/ssl/data_source_tc_ssl_certificates.go b/tencentcloud/services/ssl/data_source_tc_ssl_certificates.go
index 0197ede49d..27a4f4f06e 100644
--- a/tencentcloud/services/ssl/data_source_tc_ssl_certificates.go
+++ b/tencentcloud/services/ssl/data_source_tc_ssl_certificates.go
@@ -253,7 +253,9 @@ func dataSourceTencentCloudSslCertificatesRead(d *schema.ResourceData, m interfa
 		}
 
 		if describeResponse != nil && describeResponse.Response != nil {
-			m["cert"] = *describeResponse.Response.CertificatePublicKey
+			if describeResponse.Response.CertificatePublicKey != nil {
+				m["cert"] = *describeResponse.Response.CertificatePublicKey
+			}
 			if describeResponse.Response.CertificatePrivateKey != nil {
 				m["key"] = *describeResponse.Response.CertificatePrivateKey
 			}