diff --git a/.chronus/changes/deprecate-get-asset-emitter-2024-5-4-16-18-29.md b/.chronus/changes/deprecate-get-asset-emitter-2024-5-4-16-18-29.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e782b0126
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chronus/changes/deprecate-get-asset-emitter-2024-5-4-16-18-29.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+# Change versionKind to one of: internal, fix, dependencies, feature, deprecation, breaking
+changeKind: fix
+packages:
+  - "@typespec/compiler"
+---
+
+Deprecate getAssetEmitter and recommend calling `createAssetEmitter` directly
diff --git a/.chronus/changes/deprecate-get-asset-emitter-2024-5-4-16-38-47.md b/.chronus/changes/deprecate-get-asset-emitter-2024-5-4-16-38-47.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ac7a664c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chronus/changes/deprecate-get-asset-emitter-2024-5-4-16-38-47.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+# Change versionKind to one of: internal, fix, dependencies, feature, deprecation, breaking
+changeKind: fix
+packages:
+  - "@typespec/json-schema"
+  - "@typespec/openapi3"
+---
+
+Fix issue that could result in invalid document generation when running `tsp compile` from another directory
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/core/types.ts b/packages/compiler/src/core/types.ts
index 52f6876ab..193ce64e5 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/core/types.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/core/types.ts
@@ -2639,6 +2639,8 @@ export interface EmitContext<TOptions extends object = Record<string, never>> {
   /**
    * Get an asset emitter to write emitted output to disk using a TypeEmitter
    *
+   * @deprecated call {@link createAssetEmitter} directly instead.
+   *
    * @param TypeEmitterClass The TypeEmitter to construct your emitted output
    */
   getAssetEmitter<T>(TypeEmitterClass: typeof TypeEmitter<T, TOptions>): AssetEmitter<T, TOptions>;
diff --git a/packages/json-schema/src/index.ts b/packages/json-schema/src/index.ts
index 27a23b8de..4839373ba 100644
--- a/packages/json-schema/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/json-schema/src/index.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   setTypeSpecNamespace,
   typespecTypeToJson,
 } from "@typespec/compiler";
+import { createAssetEmitter } from "@typespec/compiler/emitter-framework";
 import { ValidatesRawJsonDecorator } from "../generated-defs/TypeSpec.JsonSchema.Private.js";
 import {
   BaseUriDecorator,
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ export type JsonSchemaDeclaration = Model | Union | Enum | Scalar;
 const jsonSchemaKey = createStateSymbol("JsonSchema");
 
 export async function $onEmit(context: EmitContext<JSONSchemaEmitterOptions>) {
-  const emitter = context.getAssetEmitter(JsonSchemaEmitter);
+  const emitter = createAssetEmitter(context.program, JsonSchemaEmitter as any, context);
 
   if (emitter.getOptions().emitAllModels) {
     emitter.emitProgram({ emitTypeSpecNamespace: false });
diff --git a/packages/openapi3/src/openapi.ts b/packages/openapi3/src/openapi.ts
index 6922ab3ae..01538af7c 100644
--- a/packages/openapi3/src/openapi.ts
+++ b/packages/openapi3/src/openapi.ts
@@ -301,12 +301,14 @@ function createOAPIEmitter(
       service.type,
       options.omitUnreachableTypes
     );
-    schemaEmitter = context.getAssetEmitter(
+    schemaEmitter = createAssetEmitter(
+      program,
       class extends OpenAPI3SchemaEmitter {
         constructor(emitter: AssetEmitter<Record<string, any>, OpenAPI3EmitterOptions>) {
           super(emitter, metadataInfo, visibilityUsage, options);
         }
-      } as any
+      } as any,
+      context
     );
 
     const securitySchemes = getOpenAPISecuritySchemes(allHttpAuthentications);