diff --git third_party/blink/public/web/web_view.h third_party/blink/public/web/web_view.h
index 4220a0aebf4a2..0bb15451c703f 100644
--- third_party/blink/public/web/web_view.h
+++ third_party/blink/public/web/web_view.h
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ 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 36bd7ee7ed789..319b00f0df16b 100644
--- third_party/blink/renderer/core/exported/web_view_impl.cc
+++ third_party/blink/renderer/core/exported/web_view_impl.cc
@@ -252,8 +252,13 @@ 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 {
@@ -600,6 +605,7 @@ WebViewImpl::WebViewImpl(
           blink::ZoomFactorToZoomLevel(kMinimumBrowserZoomFactor)),
       maximum_zoom_level_(
           blink::ZoomFactorToZoomLevel(kMaximumBrowserZoomFactor)),
+      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 764d48e8fc89f..a7446fa5bf2ea 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_; }
@@ -874,6 +875,8 @@ 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 b227679f7f921..c9d7f749f0952 100644
--- third_party/blink/renderer/core/page/chrome_client_impl.cc
+++ third_party/blink/renderer/core/page/chrome_client_impl.cc
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ PopupMenu* ChromeClientImpl::OpenPopupMenu(LocalFrame& frame,
                                            HTMLSelectElement& select) {
   NotifyPopupOpeningObservers();
 
-  if (WebViewImpl::UseExternalPopupMenus()) {
+  if (web_view_->UseExternalPopupMenus()) {
     return MakeGarbageCollected<ExternalPopupMenu>(frame, select);
   }