diff --git third_party/blink/public/web/web_view.h third_party/blink/public/web/web_view.h
index 746af7113a66d..63346d59fe411 100644
--- third_party/blink/public/web/web_view.h
+++ third_party/blink/public/web/web_view.h
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ 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 fb7d3474e5191..04159df707fd9 100644
--- third_party/blink/renderer/core/exported/web_view_impl.cc
+++ third_party/blink/renderer/core/exported/web_view_impl.cc
@@ -253,8 +253,13 @@ 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 {
@@ -616,6 +621,7 @@ 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 e85443e4492d3..228fe7496b6d2 100644
--- third_party/blink/renderer/core/exported/web_view_impl.h
+++ third_party/blink/renderer/core/exported/web_view_impl.h
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ 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_; }
@@ -873,6 +874,8 @@ 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 81d3ec54e4dae..0fa937e36579a 100644
--- third_party/blink/renderer/core/page/chrome_client_impl.cc
+++ third_party/blink/renderer/core/page/chrome_client_impl.cc
@@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ PopupMenu* ChromeClientImpl::OpenPopupMenu(LocalFrame& frame,
                                            HTMLSelectElement& select) {
   NotifyPopupOpeningObservers();
 
-  if (WebViewImpl::UseExternalPopupMenus()) {
+  if (web_view_->UseExternalPopupMenus()) {
     return MakeGarbageCollected<ExternalPopupMenu>(frame, select);
   }