diff --git a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
index abc53473fc..08f17ede7d 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
@@ -2556,6 +2556,7 @@ void WebContents::OnTabCreated(const mate::Dictionary& options,
   content::WebContents* source = nullptr;
   if (opener_tab_id != -1) {
     source = extensions::TabHelper::GetTabById(opener_tab_id);
+    tab_helper->SetOpener(opener_tab_id);
   }
   if (!source)
     source = web_contents();
diff --git a/atom/browser/extensions/tab_helper.cc b/atom/browser/extensions/tab_helper.cc
index df01838ef6..e5e06e0ba0 100644
--- a/atom/browser/extensions/tab_helper.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/extensions/tab_helper.cc
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ TabHelper::TabHelper(content::WebContents* contents)
       active_(false),
       is_placeholder_(false),
       window_closing_(false),
+      opener_tab_id_(TabStripModel::kNoTab),
       browser_(nullptr) {
   SessionTabHelper::CreateForWebContents(contents);
   SetWindowId(-1);
@@ -210,6 +211,7 @@ void TabHelper::DidAttach() {
     browser_->tab_strip_model()->ActivateTabAt(get_tab_strip_index(), true);
     active_ = false;
   }
+
   if (is_placeholder()) {
     guest()->SetCanRunInDetachedState(false);
     if (!pinned_ && !IsDiscarded()) {
@@ -497,6 +499,10 @@ void TabHelper::SetTabValues(const base::DictionaryValue& values) {
   values_->MergeDictionary(&values);
 }
 
+void TabHelper::SetOpener(int openerTabId) {
+  opener_tab_id_ = openerTabId;
+}
+
 void TabHelper::RenderViewCreated(content::RenderViewHost* render_view_host) {
   render_view_map_[session_id()] = std::make_pair(
       render_view_host->GetProcess()->GetID(),
diff --git a/atom/browser/extensions/tab_helper.h b/atom/browser/extensions/tab_helper.h
index 274ab2e928..6d1449ea93 100644
--- a/atom/browser/extensions/tab_helper.h
+++ b/atom/browser/extensions/tab_helper.h
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ class TabHelper : public content::WebContentsObserver,
     return values_.get();
   }
 
+  void SetOpener(int openerTabId);
+
   bool ExecuteScriptInTab(mate::Arguments* args);
 
   ScriptExecutor* script_executor() const {
@@ -125,6 +127,8 @@ class TabHelper : public content::WebContentsObserver,
   void SetPlaceholder(bool is_placeholder);
   bool is_placeholder() const { return is_placeholder_; }
 
+  int opener_tab_id() const { return opener_tab_id_; }
+
   // If the specified WebContents has a TabHelper (probably because it
   // was used as the contents of a tab), returns a tab id. This value is
   // immutable for a given tab. It will be unique across Chrome within the
@@ -197,6 +201,7 @@ class TabHelper : public content::WebContentsObserver,
   bool active_;
   bool is_placeholder_;
   bool window_closing_;
+  int opener_tab_id_;
 
   Browser* browser_;
 
diff --git a/chromium_src/chrome/browser/extensions/extension_tab_util.cc b/chromium_src/chrome/browser/extensions/extension_tab_util.cc
index b8aab4e50c..98ff6d62f2 100644
--- a/chromium_src/chrome/browser/extensions/extension_tab_util.cc
+++ b/chromium_src/chrome/browser/extensions/extension_tab_util.cc
@@ -183,11 +183,8 @@ std::unique_ptr<api::tabs::Tab> ExtensionTabUtil::CreateTabObject(
   if (entry && entry->GetFavicon().valid)
     tab_object->fav_icon_url.reset(
         new std::string(entry->GetFavicon().url.spec()));
-  if (tab_strip) {
-    WebContents* opener = tab_strip->GetOpenerOfWebContentsAt(tab_index);
-    if (opener)
-      tab_object->opener_tab_id.reset(new int(GetTabIdForExtensions(opener)));
-  }
+
+  tab_object->opener_tab_id.reset(new int(tab_helper->opener_tab_id()));
 
   return tab_object;
 }