diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow/compute/exec/hash_join_benchmark.cc b/cpp/src/arrow/compute/exec/hash_join_benchmark.cc
index cc85251f8c1..4181c4bbc96 100644
--- a/cpp/src/arrow/compute/exec/hash_join_benchmark.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/arrow/compute/exec/hash_join_benchmark.cc
@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ class JoinBenchmark {
         &ctx_, settings.join_type, settings.num_threads, &(schema_mgr_->proj_maps[0]),
         &(schema_mgr_->proj_maps[1]), std::move(key_cmp), std::move(filter),
         std::move(register_task_group_callback), std::move(start_task_group_callback),
-        [](int64_t, ExecBatch) {}, [](int64_t x) {}));
+        [](int64_t, ExecBatch) { return Status::OK(); },
+        [](int64_t) { return Status::OK(); }));
 
     task_group_probe_ = scheduler_->RegisterTaskGroup(
         [this](size_t thread_index, int64_t task_id) -> Status {