diff --git chrome/browser/ui/views/chrome_views_delegate_linux.cc chrome/browser/ui/views/chrome_views_delegate_linux.cc
index ecc07a2a60505..918116c0efeef 100644
--- chrome/browser/ui/views/chrome_views_delegate_linux.cc
+++ chrome/browser/ui/views/chrome_views_delegate_linux.cc
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ NativeWidgetType GetNativeWidgetTypeForInitParams(
   if (params.requires_accelerated_widget)
     return NativeWidgetType::DESKTOP_NATIVE_WIDGET_AURA;
 
-  return (params.parent &&
+  return (params.parent && params.child &&
           params.type != views::Widget::InitParams::TYPE_MENU &&
           params.type != views::Widget::InitParams::TYPE_TOOLTIP)
              ? NativeWidgetType::NATIVE_WIDGET_AURA
diff --git ui/views/test/desktop_test_views_delegate_aura.cc ui/views/test/desktop_test_views_delegate_aura.cc
index 110eab7eec92a..2bfc96b6c439d 100644
--- ui/views/test/desktop_test_views_delegate_aura.cc
+++ ui/views/test/desktop_test_views_delegate_aura.cc
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ void DesktopTestViewsDelegate::OnBeforeWidgetInit(
   if (params->native_widget)
     return;
 
-  if (params->parent && params->type != views::Widget::InitParams::TYPE_MENU &&
+  if (params->parent && params->child &&
+      params->type != views::Widget::InitParams::TYPE_MENU &&
       params->type != views::Widget::InitParams::TYPE_TOOLTIP) {
     params->native_widget = new views::NativeWidgetAura(delegate);
   } else {