diff --git third_party/blink/public/web/web_view.h third_party/blink/public/web/web_view.h
index 3b6b9a0bfc70..5ab43573416b 100644
--- third_party/blink/public/web/web_view.h
+++ third_party/blink/public/web/web_view.h
@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@ class WebView {
 
   // Sets whether select popup menus should be rendered by the browser.
   BLINK_EXPORT 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 ec827ff90d5d..cd1f822785ae 100644
--- third_party/blink/renderer/core/exported/web_view_impl.cc
+++ third_party/blink/renderer/core/exported/web_view_impl.cc
@@ -234,8 +234,13 @@ 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 {
@@ -293,6 +298,7 @@ WebViewImpl::WebViewImpl(WebViewClient* client,
       chrome_client_(MakeGarbageCollected<ChromeClientImpl>(this)),
       minimum_zoom_level_(ZoomFactorToZoomLevel(kMinTextSizeMultiplier)),
       maximum_zoom_level_(ZoomFactorToZoomLevel(kMaxTextSizeMultiplier)),
+      should_use_external_popup_menus_(g_should_use_external_popup_menus),
       does_composite_(does_composite),
       fullscreen_controller_(std::make_unique<FullscreenController>(this)) {
   if (!AsView().client) {
diff --git third_party/blink/renderer/core/exported/web_view_impl.h third_party/blink/renderer/core/exported/web_view_impl.h
index 218915791efb..a57420b95773 100644
--- third_party/blink/renderer/core/exported/web_view_impl.h
+++ third_party/blink/renderer/core/exported/web_view_impl.h
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ 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. When
   // false there may be no WebWidgetClient present. When true, there must be a
@@ -615,6 +616,8 @@ 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;
   TransformationMatrix 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 b71a9ad5dba7..5fc52d50d0ad 100644
--- third_party/blink/renderer/core/page/chrome_client_impl.cc
+++ third_party/blink/renderer/core/page/chrome_client_impl.cc
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ bool ChromeClientImpl::HasOpenedPopup() const {
 PopupMenu* ChromeClientImpl::OpenPopupMenu(LocalFrame& frame,
                                            HTMLSelectElement& select) {
   NotifyPopupOpeningObservers();
-  if (WebViewImpl::UseExternalPopupMenus())
+  if (web_view_->UseExternalPopupMenus())
     return MakeGarbageCollected<ExternalPopupMenu>(frame, select, *web_view_);
 
   DCHECK(RuntimeEnabledFeatures::PagePopupEnabled());