diff --git a/projects/rocthrust/cmake/Dependencies.cmake b/projects/rocthrust/cmake/Dependencies.cmake
index 6044443c641c..0425fe160b10 100644
--- a/projects/rocthrust/cmake/Dependencies.cmake
+++ b/projects/rocthrust/cmake/Dependencies.cmake
@@ -443,6 +443,10 @@ if(BUILD_BENCHMARK)
     if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER)
       set(EXTRA_CMAKE_ARGS "${EXTRA_CMAKE_ARGS} -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER}")
     endif()
+
+    # FetchContent runs in-process, so rocthrust's BUILD_BENCHMARK=ON leaks into
+    # rocrand and causes its benchmarks to build. Suppress that here.
+    set(BUILD_BENCHMARK OFF)
     
     FetchContent_Declare(
       rocrand
@@ -454,6 +458,7 @@ if(BUILD_BENCHMARK)
       LOG_INSTALL   TRUE
     )
     FetchContent_MakeAvailable(rocrand)
+    set(BUILD_BENCHMARK ON)
     if(NOT TARGET roc::rocrand)
       add_library(roc::rocrand ALIAS rocrand)
     endif()