From d68cf41349594aa96f8fd9c993f0aa7d658ed6fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vyas Ramasubramani <vyasr@nvidia.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2023 18:46:30 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Ensure variable is always set

---
 cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_arrow.cmake | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_arrow.cmake b/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_arrow.cmake
index 744932460e5..6d889f9f181 100644
--- a/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_arrow.cmake
+++ b/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_arrow.cmake
@@ -437,6 +437,7 @@ endif()
 # wheels we must use the library in the pyarrow wheel, so it's best to simply be consistent.
 find_package(Python 3.9 COMPONENTS Interpreter)
 
+set(USE_LIBARROW_FROM_PYARROW OFF)
 if(${Python_FOUND})
   execute_process(
     COMMAND "${Python_EXECUTABLE}" -c
@@ -454,8 +455,6 @@ if(${Python_FOUND})
     list(LENGTH _pyarrow_libs _pyarrow_libs_len)
     if(_pyarrow_libs_len GREATER 0)
       set(USE_LIBARROW_FROM_PYARROW ON)
-    else()
-      set(USE_LIBARROW_FROM_PYARROW OFF)
     endif()
   endif()
 endif()