diff --git a/shell/browser/api/electron_api_web_contents.cc b/shell/browser/api/electron_api_web_contents.cc
index 45d0055d03..cde3cce492 100644
--- a/shell/browser/api/electron_api_web_contents.cc
+++ b/shell/browser/api/electron_api_web_contents.cc
@@ -972,11 +972,12 @@ WebContents::WebContents(v8::Isolate* isolate,
 
 void WebContents::InitZoomController(content::WebContents* web_contents,
                                      const gin_helper::Dictionary& options) {
-  WebContentsZoomController::CreateForWebContents(web_contents);
-  zoom_controller_ = WebContentsZoomController::FromWebContents(web_contents);
+  WebContentsZoomController* const zoom_controller =
+      WebContentsZoomController::GetOrCreateForWebContents(web_contents);
+
   double zoom_factor;
   if (options.Get(options::kZoomFactor, &zoom_factor))
-    zoom_controller_->SetDefaultZoomFactor(zoom_factor);
+    zoom_controller->SetDefaultZoomFactor(zoom_factor);
 
   // Nothing to do with ZoomController, but this function gets called in all
   // init cases!
@@ -3867,12 +3868,16 @@ gfx::Size WebContents::GetSizeForNewRenderView(content::WebContents* wc) {
   return {};
 }
 
+WebContentsZoomController* WebContents::GetZoomController() const {
+  return WebContentsZoomController::FromWebContents(web_contents());
+}
+
 void WebContents::SetZoomLevel(double level) {
-  zoom_controller_->SetZoomLevel(level);
+  GetZoomController()->SetZoomLevel(level);
 }
 
 double WebContents::GetZoomLevel() const {
-  return zoom_controller_->GetZoomLevel();
+  return GetZoomController()->GetZoomLevel();
 }
 
 void WebContents::SetZoomFactor(gin_helper::ErrorThrower thrower,
@@ -3892,7 +3897,7 @@ double WebContents::GetZoomFactor() const {
 }
 
 void WebContents::SetTemporaryZoomLevel(double level) {
-  zoom_controller_->SetTemporaryZoomLevel(level);
+  GetZoomController()->SetTemporaryZoomLevel(level);
 }
 
 std::optional<PreloadScript> WebContents::GetPreloadScript() const {
diff --git a/shell/browser/api/electron_api_web_contents.h b/shell/browser/api/electron_api_web_contents.h
index c5e9164f70..9171f3325d 100644
--- a/shell/browser/api/electron_api_web_contents.h
+++ b/shell/browser/api/electron_api_web_contents.h
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ class WebContents final : public ExclusiveAccessContext,
   content::RenderFrameHost* Opener();
   content::RenderFrameHost* FocusedFrame();
 
-  WebContentsZoomController* GetZoomController() { return zoom_controller_; }
+  [[nodiscard]] WebContentsZoomController* GetZoomController() const;
 
   void AddObserver(ExtendedWebContentsObserver* obs) {
     observers_.AddObserver(obs);
@@ -858,11 +858,6 @@ class WebContents final : public ExclusiveAccessContext,
   // destroyed before dialog_manager_, otherwise a crash would happen.
   std::unique_ptr<InspectableWebContents> inspectable_web_contents_;
 
-  // The zoom controller for this webContents.
-  // Note: owned by inspectable_web_contents_, so declare this *after*
-  // that field to ensure the dtor destroys them in the right order.
-  raw_ptr<WebContentsZoomController> zoom_controller_ = nullptr;
-
   std::optional<GURL> pending_unload_url_ = std::nullopt;
 
   // Maps url to file path, used by the file requests sent from devtools.
diff --git a/shell/browser/extensions/api/tabs/tabs_api.cc b/shell/browser/extensions/api/tabs/tabs_api.cc
index 6c01e31cfb..2177fe80a6 100644
--- a/shell/browser/extensions/api/tabs/tabs_api.cc
+++ b/shell/browser/extensions/api/tabs/tabs_api.cc
@@ -398,9 +398,7 @@ ExtensionFunction::ResponseAction TabsGetZoomFunction::Run() {
   if (!contents)
     return RespondNow(Error("No such tab"));
 
-  double zoom_level = contents->GetZoomController()->GetZoomLevel();
-  double zoom_factor = blink::ZoomLevelToZoomFactor(zoom_level);
-
+  const double zoom_factor = contents->GetZoomFactor();
   return RespondNow(ArgumentList(tabs::GetZoom::Results::Create(zoom_factor)));
 }
 
@@ -414,9 +412,9 @@ ExtensionFunction::ResponseAction TabsGetZoomSettingsFunction::Run() {
   if (!contents)
     return RespondNow(Error("No such tab"));
 
-  auto* zoom_controller = contents->GetZoomController();
-  WebContentsZoomController::ZoomMode zoom_mode =
-      contents->GetZoomController()->zoom_mode();
+  const auto* zoom_controller = contents->GetZoomController();
+  const WebContentsZoomController::ZoomMode zoom_mode =
+      zoom_controller->zoom_mode();
   tabs::ZoomSettings zoom_settings;
   ZoomModeToZoomSettings(zoom_mode, &zoom_settings);
   zoom_settings.default_zoom_factor =