diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow/compute/kernels/scalar_if_else.cc b/cpp/src/arrow/compute/kernels/scalar_if_else.cc
index ed32ec203c1..0c5cfe1c903 100644
--- a/cpp/src/arrow/compute/kernels/scalar_if_else.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/arrow/compute/kernels/scalar_if_else.cc
@@ -759,11 +759,22 @@ struct IfElseFunctor<Type, enable_if_base_binary<Type>> {
       auto* out_data = out->array_data().get();
       auto offset_length = (cond.length + 1) * sizeof(OffsetType);
       ARROW_ASSIGN_OR_RAISE(out_data->buffers[1], ctx->Allocate(offset_length));
-      std::memcpy(out_data->buffers[1]->mutable_data(), right_offsets, offset_length);
+
+      if (right_offsets[0] == 0) {
+        std::memcpy(out_data->buffers[1]->mutable_data(), right_offsets, offset_length);
+      } else {
+        OffsetType base = right_offsets[0];
+        auto* out_offsets =
+            reinterpret_cast<OffsetType*>(out_data->buffers[1]->mutable_data());
+        for (int64_t i = 0; i <= cond.length; ++i) {
+          out_offsets[i] = right_offsets[i] - base;
+        }
+      }
 
       auto right_data_length = right_offsets[right.length] - right_offsets[0];
       ARROW_ASSIGN_OR_RAISE(out_data->buffers[2], ctx->Allocate(right_data_length));
-      std::memcpy(out_data->buffers[2]->mutable_data(), right_data, right_data_length);
+      std::memcpy(out_data->buffers[2]->mutable_data(), right_data + right_offsets[0],
+                  right_data_length);
       return Status::OK();
     }
 
@@ -801,11 +812,22 @@ struct IfElseFunctor<Type, enable_if_base_binary<Type>> {
       auto* out_data = out->array_data().get();
       auto offset_length = (cond.length + 1) * sizeof(OffsetType);
       ARROW_ASSIGN_OR_RAISE(out_data->buffers[1], ctx->Allocate(offset_length));
-      std::memcpy(out_data->buffers[1]->mutable_data(), left_offsets, offset_length);
+
+      if (left_offsets[0] == 0) {
+        std::memcpy(out_data->buffers[1]->mutable_data(), left_offsets, offset_length);
+      } else {
+        OffsetType base = left_offsets[0];
+        auto* out_offsets =
+            reinterpret_cast<OffsetType*>(out_data->buffers[1]->mutable_data());
+        for (int64_t i = 0; i <= cond.length; ++i) {
+          out_offsets[i] = left_offsets[i] - base;
+        }
+      }
 
       auto left_data_length = left_offsets[left.length] - left_offsets[0];
       ARROW_ASSIGN_OR_RAISE(out_data->buffers[2], ctx->Allocate(left_data_length));
-      std::memcpy(out_data->buffers[2]->mutable_data(), left_data, left_data_length);
+      std::memcpy(out_data->buffers[2]->mutable_data(), left_data + left_offsets[0],
+                  left_data_length);
       return Status::OK();
     }
 
diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow/compute/kernels/scalar_if_else_test.cc b/cpp/src/arrow/compute/kernels/scalar_if_else_test.cc
index e5cf73742b6..a4a7df8fd5d 100644
--- a/cpp/src/arrow/compute/kernels/scalar_if_else_test.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/arrow/compute/kernels/scalar_if_else_test.cc
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "arrow/compute/kernels/test_util_internal.h"
 #include "arrow/compute/registry.h"
 #include "arrow/testing/gtest_util.h"
+#include "arrow/util/bitmap_builders.h"
 #include "arrow/util/checked_cast.h"
 
 namespace arrow {
@@ -609,6 +610,48 @@ TYPED_TEST(TestIfElseBaseBinary, IfElseBaseBinaryRand) {
   CheckIfElseOutput(cond, left, right, expected_data);
 }
 
+TYPED_TEST(TestIfElseBaseBinary, IfElseBaseBinarySliced) {
+  auto type = TypeTraits<TypeParam>::type_singleton();
+
+  auto full_arr = ArrayFromJSON(type, R"(["not used", null, "x", "x"])");
+  auto sliced = full_arr->Slice(1);
+
+  auto cond_asa = ArrayFromJSON(boolean(), "[true, false, false]");
+  ASSERT_OK_AND_ASSIGN(auto result_asa,
+                       CallFunction("if_else", {cond_asa, MakeNullScalar(type), sliced}));
+  ASSERT_OK(result_asa.make_array()->ValidateFull());
+  auto expected = ArrayFromJSON(type, R"([null, "x", "x"])");
+  AssertArraysEqual(*expected, *result_asa.make_array(), true);
+
+  auto cond_aas = ArrayFromJSON(boolean(), "[false, true, true]");
+  ASSERT_OK_AND_ASSIGN(auto result_aas,
+                       CallFunction("if_else", {cond_aas, sliced, MakeNullScalar(type)}));
+  ASSERT_OK(result_aas.make_array()->ValidateFull());
+  AssertArraysEqual(*expected, *result_aas.make_array(), true);
+
+  // edge case: offset=0 but offsets[0] != 0 (spec-valid, manually constructed)
+  using OffsetType = typename TypeTraits<TypeParam>::OffsetType::c_type;
+  std::vector<OffsetType> raw_offsets = {8, 8, 9, 10};
+  std::string raw_data(8, 'x');
+  raw_data += "xx";
+  auto offsets_buf = Buffer::Wrap(raw_offsets.data(), raw_offsets.size());
+  auto data_buf =
+      std::make_shared<Buffer>(reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(raw_data.data()),
+                               static_cast<int64_t>(raw_data.size()));
+  auto array_data = ArrayData::Make(type, /*length=*/3, {nullptr, offsets_buf, data_buf},
+                                    /*null_count=*/1, /*offset=*/0);
+  std::vector<uint8_t> validity_bytes = {0, 1, 1};
+  ASSERT_OK_AND_ASSIGN(
+      array_data->buffers[0],
+      arrow::internal::BytesToBits(validity_bytes, arrow::default_memory_pool()));
+  auto arr = MakeArray(array_data);
+  ASSERT_OK(arr->ValidateFull());
+  ASSERT_OK_AND_ASSIGN(auto result_nonzero,
+                       CallFunction("if_else", {cond_asa, MakeNullScalar(type), arr}));
+  ASSERT_OK(result_nonzero.make_array()->ValidateFull());
+  AssertArraysEqual(*expected, *result_nonzero.make_array(), true);
+}
+
 Result<std::shared_ptr<Array>> MakeBinaryArrayWithData(
     const std::shared_ptr<DataType>& type, const std::shared_ptr<Buffer>& data_buffer) {
   // Make a (large-)binary array with a single item backed by the given data