diff --git a/thrust/benchmarks/bench/equal/basic.cu b/thrust/benchmarks/bench/equal/basic.cu
index a88890e13f9..237f4ad7447 100644
--- a/thrust/benchmarks/bench/equal/basic.cu
+++ b/thrust/benchmarks/bench/equal/basic.cu
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 template <typename T>
 static void benchmark(nvbench::state& state, nvbench::type_list<T>)
 {
-  const auto& name    = state.get_benchmark().get_name();
   const auto elements = static_cast<std::size_t>(state.get_int64("Elements"));
   thrust::device_vector<T> a(elements, T{1});
   thrust::device_vector<T> b(elements, T{1});
@@ -21,12 +20,12 @@ static void benchmark(nvbench::state& state, nvbench::type_list<T>)
   thrust::fill(policy(alloc), b.begin() + different_elems, b.end(), T{2});
 
   state.add_element_count(elements);
-  state.add_global_memory_reads<T>(std::max(2 * different_elems, std::size_t(1))); // using `different_elements` instead
+  state.add_global_memory_reads<T>(2 * std::max(different_elems, std::size_t(1))); // using `different_elements` instead
                                                                                    // of `elements` corresponds to the
                                                                                    // actual elements read in an early
                                                                                    // exit
-  state.exec(nvbench::exec_tag::no_batch | nvbench::exec_tag::sync, [&](nvbench::launch&) {
-    do_not_optimize(thrust::equal(policy(alloc), a.begin(), a.end(), b.begin()));
+  state.exec(nvbench::exec_tag::no_batch | nvbench::exec_tag::sync, [&](nvbench::launch& launch) {
+    do_not_optimize(thrust::equal(policy(alloc, launch), a.begin(), a.end(), b.begin()));
   });
 }