diff --git a/juno_samples/edge_detection/Cargo.toml b/juno_samples/edge_detection/Cargo.toml
index 483724d8e4c2c7bcd057990ce5e149923e90cc3b..fa4ca1ff09ea0ebc404998ad6119e886d1d95b4c 100644
--- a/juno_samples/edge_detection/Cargo.toml
+++ b/juno_samples/edge_detection/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ criterion = { version = "0.5", features = ["html_reports"] }
 [[bench]]
 name = "edge_detection_bench"
 harness = false
+required-features = ["opencv"]
diff --git a/juno_samples/edge_detection/benches/edge_detection_bench.rs b/juno_samples/edge_detection/benches/edge_detection_bench.rs
index 806a886510666f471335227b201daa74c000f4e1..760352754ccd39df878fa45523c5b7e76dd84f98 100644
--- a/juno_samples/edge_detection/benches/edge_detection_bench.rs
+++ b/juno_samples/edge_detection/benches/edge_detection_bench.rs
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ fn edge_detection_bench(c: &mut Criterion) {
     let num_frames = 5;
 
     let mut r = runner!(edge_detection);
+    let gaussian_filter_h = gaussian_filter_h.to();
+    let structure_h = structure_h.to();
+    let sx_h = sx_h.to();
+    let sy_h = sy_h.to();
 
     let frames: Vec<_> = (0..num_frames).map(|_| load_frame(&mut video)).collect();
 
@@ -87,10 +91,10 @@ fn edge_detection_bench(c: &mut Criterion) {
                         sz as u64,
                         sb as u64,
                         input_h.to(),
-                        gaussian_filter_h.to(),
-                        structure_h.to(),
-                        sx_h.to(),
-                        sy_h.to(),
+                        gaussian_filter_h,
+                        structure_h,
+                        sx_h,
+                        sy_h,
                         theta,
                     )
                     .await