diff --git third_party/blink/public/web/web_view.h third_party/blink/public/web/web_view.h
index 6219eadefa976..ff0c649c46af1 100644
--- third_party/blink/public/web/web_view.h
+++ third_party/blink/public/web/web_view.h
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ class BLINK_EXPORT WebView {
 
   // Sets whether select popup menus should be rendered by the browser.
   static void SetUseExternalPopupMenus(bool);
+  virtual void SetUseExternalPopupMenusThisInstance(bool) = 0;
 
   // Cancels and hides the current popup (datetime, select...) if any.
   virtual void CancelPagePopup() = 0;
diff --git third_party/blink/renderer/core/exported/web_view_impl.cc third_party/blink/renderer/core/exported/web_view_impl.cc
index adb1c7ca2fcdf..4cc86141a88bf 100644
--- third_party/blink/renderer/core/exported/web_view_impl.cc
+++ third_party/blink/renderer/core/exported/web_view_impl.cc
@@ -251,8 +251,13 @@ void WebView::SetUseExternalPopupMenus(bool use_external_popup_menus) {
   g_should_use_external_popup_menus = use_external_popup_menus;
 }
 
-bool WebViewImpl::UseExternalPopupMenus() {
-  return g_should_use_external_popup_menus;
+void WebViewImpl::SetUseExternalPopupMenusThisInstance(
+    bool use_external_popup_menus) {
+  should_use_external_popup_menus_ = use_external_popup_menus;
+}
+
+bool WebViewImpl::UseExternalPopupMenus() const {
+  return should_use_external_popup_menus_;
 }
 
 namespace {
@@ -584,6 +589,7 @@ WebViewImpl::WebViewImpl(
       chrome_client_(MakeGarbageCollected<ChromeClientImpl>(this)),
       minimum_zoom_level_(PageZoomFactorToZoomLevel(kMinimumPageZoomFactor)),
       maximum_zoom_level_(PageZoomFactorToZoomLevel(kMaximumPageZoomFactor)),
+      should_use_external_popup_menus_(g_should_use_external_popup_menus),
       does_composite_(does_composite),
       fullscreen_controller_(std::make_unique<FullscreenController>(this)),
       page_base_background_color_(
diff --git third_party/blink/renderer/core/exported/web_view_impl.h third_party/blink/renderer/core/exported/web_view_impl.h
index 5a9992141dbbf..ce030e2b02ff0 100644
--- third_party/blink/renderer/core/exported/web_view_impl.h
+++ third_party/blink/renderer/core/exported/web_view_impl.h
@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ class CORE_EXPORT WebViewImpl final : public WebView,
   static HashSet<WebViewImpl*>& AllInstances();
   // Returns true if popup menus should be rendered by the browser, false if
   // they should be rendered by WebKit (which is the default).
-  static bool UseExternalPopupMenus();
+  void SetUseExternalPopupMenusThisInstance(bool) override;
+  bool UseExternalPopupMenus() const;
 
   // Returns whether frames under this WebView are backed by a compositor.
   bool does_composite() const { return does_composite_; }
@@ -861,6 +862,8 @@ class CORE_EXPORT WebViewImpl final : public WebView,
   float fake_page_scale_animation_page_scale_factor_ = 0.f;
   bool fake_page_scale_animation_use_anchor_ = false;
 
+  bool should_use_external_popup_menus_;
+
   float compositor_device_scale_factor_override_ = 0.f;
   gfx::Transform device_emulation_transform_;
 
diff --git third_party/blink/renderer/core/page/chrome_client_impl.cc third_party/blink/renderer/core/page/chrome_client_impl.cc
index 4d1c8dcd1fca7..f8de0cf7498aa 100644
--- third_party/blink/renderer/core/page/chrome_client_impl.cc
+++ third_party/blink/renderer/core/page/chrome_client_impl.cc
@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ PopupMenu* ChromeClientImpl::OpenPopupMenu(LocalFrame& frame,
                                            HTMLSelectElement& select) {
   NotifyPopupOpeningObservers();
 
-  bool use_external_popup_menus = WebViewImpl::UseExternalPopupMenus();
+  bool use_external_popup_menus = web_view_->UseExternalPopupMenus();
 #if BUILDFLAG(IS_MAC)
   // There is a bug that is causing popup menus in PWA windows on macOS to
   // sometimes not appear if using external popup menus. Until that bug is