diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index a5b79f82287..a635e655c39 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -784,11 +784,9 @@ if(CUDF_BUILD_BENCHMARKS)
   include(${rapids-cmake-dir}/cpm/gbench.cmake)
   rapids_cpm_gbench()
 
-  # Find or install NVBench Temporarily force downloading of fmt because current versions of nvbench
-  # do not support the latest version of fmt, which is automatically pulled into our conda
-  # environments by mamba.
-  set(CPM_DOWNLOAD_fmt TRUE)
+  # Find or install nvbench
   include(cmake/thirdparty/get_nvbench.cmake)
+
   add_subdirectory(benchmarks)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_nvbench.cmake b/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_nvbench.cmake
index f0642145fa0..3a39e6c7ad1 100644
--- a/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_nvbench.cmake
+++ b/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_nvbench.cmake
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ function(find_and_configure_nvbench)
   include(${rapids-cmake-dir}/cpm/nvbench.cmake)
   include(${rapids-cmake-dir}/cpm/package_override.cmake)
 
+  # Find or install NVBench Temporarily force downloading of fmt because current versions of nvbench
+  # do not support the latest version of fmt, which is automatically pulled into our conda
+  # environments by mamba.
+  set(CPM_DOWNLOAD_fmt TRUE)
+
   set(cudf_patch_dir "${CMAKE_CURRENT_FUNCTION_LIST_DIR}/patches")
   rapids_cpm_package_override("${cudf_patch_dir}/nvbench_override.json")
 
diff --git a/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/patches/nvbench_override.json b/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/patches/nvbench_override.json
index 3a62c13c962..ad9b19c29c1 100644
--- a/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/patches/nvbench_override.json
+++ b/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/patches/nvbench_override.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 {
   "packages" : {
-    "Thrust" : {
+    "nvbench" : {
       "patches" : [
         {
           "file" : "${current_json_dir}/nvbench_global_setup.diff",