diff --git a/bench-vortex/benches/compress_benchmark.rs b/bench-vortex/benches/compress_benchmark.rs
index 8542022d02..6915c00ec6 100644
--- a/bench-vortex/benches/compress_benchmark.rs
+++ b/bench-vortex/benches/compress_benchmark.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ fn download_taxi_data() -> &'static Path {
 fn compress(array: ArrayRef) -> usize {
     CompressCtx::default()
         .compress(array.as_ref(), None)
+        .unwrap()
         .nbytes()
 }