diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow/c/bridge_test.cc b/cpp/src/arrow/c/bridge_test.cc
index 26df69c617b38..919571d4d1b69 100644
--- a/cpp/src/arrow/c/bridge_test.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/arrow/c/bridge_test.cc
@@ -5317,8 +5317,8 @@ class TestAsyncDeviceArrayStreamRoundTrip : public BaseArrayStreamTest {
  public:
   void SetUp() override {
     BaseArrayStreamTest::SetUp();
-#ifdef ARROW_ENABLE_THREADING
-    GTEST_SKIP() << "Test requires ARROW_ENABLE_THREADING=OFF";
+#ifndef ARROW_ENABLE_THREADING
+    GTEST_SKIP() << "Test requires ARROW_ENABLE_THREADING=ON";
 #endif
   }