diff --git a/lib/browser/guest-view-manager.js b/lib/browser/guest-view-manager.js
index e11b94e8685ea..d56a75c985bfd 100644
--- a/lib/browser/guest-view-manager.js
+++ b/lib/browser/guest-view-manager.js
@@ -417,3 +417,4 @@ const getEmbedder = function (guestInstanceId) {
 
 exports.getGuest = getGuest
 exports.getEmbedder = getEmbedder
+exports.isWebViewTagEnabled = isWebViewTagEnabled
diff --git a/lib/browser/rpc-server.js b/lib/browser/rpc-server.js
index e0249cff766f2..3282270e06692 100644
--- a/lib/browser/rpc-server.js
+++ b/lib/browser/rpc-server.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const { isPromise } = electron
 
 const ipcMain = require('@electron/internal/browser/ipc-main-internal')
 const objectsRegistry = require('@electron/internal/browser/objects-registry')
+const guestViewManager = require('@electron/internal/browser/guest-view-manager')
 const bufferUtils = require('@electron/internal/common/buffer-utils')
 const errorUtils = require('@electron/internal/common/error-utils')
 
@@ -411,7 +412,6 @@ handleRemoteCommand('ELECTRON_BROWSER_CONTEXT_RELEASE', (event, contextId) => {
 })
 
 handleRemoteCommand('ELECTRON_BROWSER_GUEST_WEB_CONTENTS', function (event, contextId, guestInstanceId) {
-  const guestViewManager = require('@electron/internal/browser/guest-view-manager')
   return valueToMeta(event.sender, contextId, guestViewManager.getGuest(guestInstanceId))
 })
 
@@ -503,6 +503,7 @@ ipcMain.on('ELECTRON_BROWSER_SANDBOX_LOAD', function (event) {
     preloadSrc,
     preloadError,
     isRemoteModuleEnabled: event.sender._isRemoteModuleEnabled(),
+    isWebViewTagEnabled: guestViewManager.isWebViewTagEnabled(event.sender),
     process: {
       arch: process.arch,
       platform: process.platform,
diff --git a/lib/sandboxed_renderer/init.js b/lib/sandboxed_renderer/init.js
index 567785c748467..8d6c06a2899bb 100644
--- a/lib/sandboxed_renderer/init.js
+++ b/lib/sandboxed_renderer/init.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Object.setPrototypeOf(process, EventEmitter.prototype)
 const ipcRenderer = require('@electron/internal/renderer/ipc-renderer-internal')
 
 const {
-  preloadSrc, preloadError, isRemoteModuleEnabled, process: processProps
+  preloadSrc, preloadError, isRemoteModuleEnabled, isWebViewTagEnabled, process: processProps
 } = ipcRenderer.sendSync('ELECTRON_BROWSER_SANDBOX_LOAD')
 
 process.isRemoteModuleEnabled = isRemoteModuleEnabled
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ if (binding.guestInstanceId) {
   process.guestInstanceId = parseInt(binding.guestInstanceId)
 }
 
-if (!process.guestInstanceId && preloadProcess.argv.includes('--webview-tag=true')) {
+if (!process.guestInstanceId && isWebViewTagEnabled) {
   // don't allow recursive `<webview>`
   require('@electron/internal/renderer/web-view/web-view').setupWebView(window)
 }