diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow/type_fwd.h b/cpp/src/arrow/type_fwd.h
index 63eec10bf723b..9b3f915416e67 100644
--- a/cpp/src/arrow/type_fwd.h
+++ b/cpp/src/arrow/type_fwd.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ using BufferVector = std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Buffer>>;
 
 class DataType;
 class Field;
-class FieldRef;
+class FieldRef; /// NOLINT(bugprone-forward-declaration-namespace)
 class KeyValueMetadata;
 enum class Endianness;
 class Schema;