diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow/compute/kernels/vector_selection_test.cc b/cpp/src/arrow/compute/kernels/vector_selection_test.cc
index ec94b328ea361..aca13e782a705 100644
--- a/cpp/src/arrow/compute/kernels/vector_selection_test.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/arrow/compute/kernels/vector_selection_test.cc
@@ -1034,29 +1034,34 @@ Status TakeJSON(const std::shared_ptr<DataType>& type, const std::string& values
       .Value(out);
 }
 
+void DoCheckTake(const std::shared_ptr<Array>& values,
+                 const std::shared_ptr<Array>& indices,
+                 const std::shared_ptr<Array>& expected) {
+  AssertTakeArrays(values, indices, expected);
+
+  // Check sliced values
+  ASSERT_OK_AND_ASSIGN(auto values_filler, MakeArrayOfNull(values->type(), 2));
+  ASSERT_OK_AND_ASSIGN(auto values_sliced,
+                       Concatenate({values_filler, values, values_filler}));
+  values_sliced = values_sliced->Slice(2, values->length());
+  AssertTakeArrays(values_sliced, indices, expected);
+
+  // Check sliced indices
+  ASSERT_OK_AND_ASSIGN(auto zero, MakeScalar(indices->type(), int8_t{0}));
+  ASSERT_OK_AND_ASSIGN(auto indices_filler, MakeArrayFromScalar(*zero, 3));
+  ASSERT_OK_AND_ASSIGN(auto indices_sliced,
+                       Concatenate({indices_filler, indices, indices_filler}));
+  indices_sliced = indices_sliced->Slice(3, indices->length());
+  AssertTakeArrays(values, indices_sliced, expected);
+}
+
 void CheckTake(const std::shared_ptr<DataType>& type, const std::string& values_json,
                const std::string& indices_json, const std::string& expected_json) {
   auto values = ArrayFromJSON(type, values_json);
   auto expected = ArrayFromJSON(type, expected_json);
-
   for (auto index_type : {int8(), uint32()}) {
     auto indices = ArrayFromJSON(index_type, indices_json);
-    AssertTakeArrays(values, indices, expected);
-
-    // Check sliced values
-    ASSERT_OK_AND_ASSIGN(auto values_filler, MakeArrayOfNull(type, 2));
-    ASSERT_OK_AND_ASSIGN(auto values_sliced,
-                         Concatenate({values_filler, values, values_filler}));
-    values_sliced = values_sliced->Slice(2, values->length());
-    AssertTakeArrays(values_sliced, indices, expected);
-
-    // Check sliced indices
-    ASSERT_OK_AND_ASSIGN(auto zero, MakeScalar(index_type, int8_t{0}));
-    ASSERT_OK_AND_ASSIGN(auto indices_filler, MakeArrayFromScalar(*zero, 3));
-    ASSERT_OK_AND_ASSIGN(auto indices_sliced,
-                         Concatenate({indices_filler, indices, indices_filler}));
-    indices_sliced = indices_sliced->Slice(3, indices->length());
-    AssertTakeArrays(values, indices_sliced, expected);
+    DoCheckTake(values, indices, expected);
   }
 }