diff --git content/browser/renderer_host/input/fling_scheduler.cc content/browser/renderer_host/input/fling_scheduler.cc
index c7a4f1f0c3d0..7e6e3b4e56d4 100644
--- content/browser/renderer_host/input/fling_scheduler.cc
+++ content/browser/renderer_host/input/fling_scheduler.cc
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ void FlingScheduler::ProgressFlingOnBeginFrameIfneeded(
 }
 
 ui::Compositor* FlingScheduler::GetCompositor() {
+  if (compositor_) {
+    return compositor_;
+  }
 #if defined(USE_AURA)
   if (host_->GetView() && host_->GetView()->GetNativeView() &&
       host_->GetView()->GetNativeView()->GetHost() &&
diff --git content/browser/renderer_host/input/fling_scheduler_base.h content/browser/renderer_host/input/fling_scheduler_base.h
index cc4b13a7b9c6..84f3b9ed7cf4 100644
--- content/browser/renderer_host/input/fling_scheduler_base.h
+++ content/browser/renderer_host/input/fling_scheduler_base.h
@@ -7,12 +7,23 @@
 
 #include "content/browser/renderer_host/input/fling_controller.h"
 
+namespace ui {
+class Compositor;
+}
+
 namespace content {
 
 class FlingSchedulerBase : public FlingControllerSchedulerClient {
  public:
   virtual void ProgressFlingOnBeginFrameIfneeded(
       base::TimeTicks current_time) = 0;
+
+  void SetCompositor(ui::Compositor* compositor) {
+    compositor_ = compositor;
+  }
+
+protected:
+ ui::Compositor* compositor_ = nullptr;
 };
 
 }  // namespace content
diff --git content/browser/renderer_host/render_widget_host_impl.cc content/browser/renderer_host/render_widget_host_impl.cc
index fc06067480b0..4f313bdb1414 100644
--- content/browser/renderer_host/render_widget_host_impl.cc
+++ content/browser/renderer_host/render_widget_host_impl.cc
@@ -2751,6 +2751,11 @@ void RenderWidgetHostImpl::DidStartScrollingViewport() {
     view_->set_is_currently_scrolling_viewport(true);
 }
 
+void RenderWidgetHostImpl::SetCompositorForFlingScheduler(ui::Compositor* compositor)
+{
+  fling_scheduler_->SetCompositor(compositor);
+}
+
 void RenderWidgetHostImpl::AddPendingUserActivation(
     const WebInputEvent& event) {
   if ((base::FeatureList::IsEnabled(
diff --git content/browser/renderer_host/render_widget_host_impl.h content/browser/renderer_host/render_widget_host_impl.h
index 013b2165038f..28d33768143f 100644
--- content/browser/renderer_host/render_widget_host_impl.h
+++ content/browser/renderer_host/render_widget_host_impl.h
@@ -731,6 +731,7 @@ class CONTENT_EXPORT RenderWidgetHostImpl
 
   void ProgressFlingIfNeeded(base::TimeTicks current_time);
   void StopFling();
+  void SetCompositorForFlingScheduler(ui::Compositor* compositor);
 
   // The RenderWidgetHostImpl will keep showing the old page (for a while) after
   // navigation until the first frame of the new page arrives. This reduces