diff --git a/cpp/examples/arrow/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/examples/arrow/CMakeLists.txt
index 468f59cedd491..80de0b93192e6 100644
--- a/cpp/examples/arrow/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/examples/arrow/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ endif()
 
 if(ARROW_COMPUTE AND ARROW_CSV)
   if(ARROW_BUILD_SHARED)
-    set(COMPUTE_KERNELES_LINK_LIBS arrow_compute_shared)
+    set(COMPUTE_KERNELS_LINK_LIBS arrow_compute_shared)
   else()
-    set(COMPUTE_KERNELES_LINK_LIBS arrow_compute_static)
+    set(COMPUTE_KERNELS_LINK_LIBS arrow_compute_static)
   endif()
   add_arrow_example(compute_and_write_csv_example EXTRA_LINK_LIBS
-                    ${COMPUTE_KERNELES_LINK_LIBS})
+                    ${COMPUTE_KERNELS_LINK_LIBS})
 endif()
 
 if(ARROW_FLIGHT)
diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow/compute/row/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/src/arrow/compute/row/CMakeLists.txt
index 45fce65e57e34..11e622bcb9a12 100644
--- a/cpp/src/arrow/compute/row/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/src/arrow/compute/row/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,9 +20,13 @@
 
 arrow_install_all_headers("arrow/compute/row")
 
-add_arrow_benchmark(grouper_benchmark PREFIX "arrow-compute")
-if(ARROW_BUILD_STATIC)
-  target_link_libraries(arrow-compute-grouper-benchmark PUBLIC arrow_compute_static)
-else()
-  target_link_libraries(arrow-compute-grouper-benchmark PUBLIC arrow_compute_shared)
+if(ARROW_BUILD_BENCHMARKS)
+  add_arrow_benchmark(grouper_benchmark PREFIX "arrow-compute")
+  if(ARROW_COMPUTE)
+    if(ARROW_BUILD_STATIC)
+      target_link_libraries(arrow-compute-grouper-benchmark PUBLIC arrow_compute_static)
+    else()
+      target_link_libraries(arrow-compute-grouper-benchmark PUBLIC arrow_compute_shared)
+    endif()
+  endif()
 endif()