diff --git a/jsonapi.services.yml b/jsonapi.services.yml
index 6a0e7a2..318fd8e 100644
--- a/jsonapi.services.yml
+++ b/jsonapi.services.yml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ services:
   # Event subscribers.
   jsonapi.resource_response.subscriber:
     class: Drupal\jsonapi\EventSubscriber\ResourceResponseSubscriber
-    arguments: ['@serializer', '@renderer', '@logger.channel.jsonapi']
+    arguments: ['@serializer', '@renderer', '@logger.channel.jsonapi', '@module_handler']
     calls:
       - [setValidator, []]
       - [setSchemaFactory, ['@?schemata.schema_factory']] # This is only injected when the service is available.
diff --git a/src/EventSubscriber/ResourceResponseSubscriber.php b/src/EventSubscriber/ResourceResponseSubscriber.php
index 46087af..3200009 100644
--- a/src/EventSubscriber/ResourceResponseSubscriber.php
+++ b/src/EventSubscriber/ResourceResponseSubscriber.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ namespace Drupal\jsonapi\EventSubscriber;
 use Drupal\Component\Serialization\Json;
 use Drupal\Core\Cache\CacheableResponse;
 use Drupal\Core\Cache\CacheableResponseInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Extension\ModuleHandlerInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Render\RenderContext;
 use Drupal\Core\Render\RendererInterface;
 use Drupal\jsonapi\ResourceResponse;
@@ -78,6 +79,13 @@ class ResourceResponseSubscriber implements EventSubscriberInterface {
    */
   protected $schemaFactory;
 
+  /**
+   * The module handler.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\Core\Extension\ModuleHandlerInterface
+   */
+  protected $moduleHandler;
+
   /**
    * Constructs a ResourceResponseSubscriber object.
    *
@@ -87,11 +95,14 @@ class ResourceResponseSubscriber implements EventSubscriberInterface {
    *   The renderer.
    * @param \Psr\Log\LoggerInterface $logger
    *   The JSON API logger channel.
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\Extension\ModuleHandlerInterface $module_handler
+   *   The module handler.
    */
-  public function __construct(SerializerInterface $serializer, RendererInterface $renderer, LoggerInterface $logger) {
+  public function __construct(SerializerInterface $serializer, RendererInterface $renderer, LoggerInterface $logger, ModuleHandlerInterface $module_handler) {
     $this->serializer = $serializer;
     $this->renderer = $renderer;
     $this->logger = $logger;
+    $this->moduleHandler = $module_handler;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -255,8 +266,13 @@ class ResourceResponseSubscriber implements EventSubscriberInterface {
       return TRUE;
     }
 
-    $schema_path = dirname(dirname(__DIR__)) . '/schema.json';
-    $generic_jsonapi_schema = (object) ['$ref' => 'file://' . $schema_path];
+    $schema_ref = sprintf(
+      'file://%s/%s/%s',
+      DRUPAL_ROOT,
+      $this->moduleHandler->getModule('jsonapi')->getPath(),
+      'schema.json'
+    );
+    $generic_jsonapi_schema = (object) ['$ref' => $schema_ref];
     $is_valid = $this->validateSchema($generic_jsonapi_schema, $response_data);
     if (!$is_valid) {
       return FALSE;
@@ -287,10 +303,13 @@ class ResourceResponseSubscriber implements EventSubscriberInterface {
     $output_format = 'schema_json';
     $described_format = 'api_json';
 
-    $generic_jsonapi_schema = $this->schemaFactory->create($entity_type_id, $bundle);
+    $schema_object = $this->schemaFactory->create($entity_type_id, $bundle);
     $format = $output_format . ':' . $described_format;
-    $output = $this->serializer->serialize($generic_jsonapi_schema, $format);
+    $output = $this->serializer->serialize($schema_object, $format);
     $specific_schema = Json::decode($output);
+    if (!$specific_schema) {
+      return $is_valid;
+    }
 
     // We need to individually validate each collection resource object.
     $is_collection = strpos($route_name, '.collection') !== FALSE;
diff --git a/tests/src/Unit/EventSubscriber/ResourceResponseSubscriberTest.php b/tests/src/Unit/EventSubscriber/ResourceResponseSubscriberTest.php
index 06da13c..7fd8dd3 100644
--- a/tests/src/Unit/EventSubscriber/ResourceResponseSubscriberTest.php
+++ b/tests/src/Unit/EventSubscriber/ResourceResponseSubscriberTest.php
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\Tests\jsonapi\Unit\EventSubscriber;
 
+use Drupal\Core\Extension\Extension;
+use Drupal\Core\Extension\ModuleHandlerInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Render\RendererInterface;
 use Drupal\jsonapi\EventSubscriber\ResourceResponseSubscriber;
 use Drupal\rest\ResourceResponse;
@@ -15,6 +17,8 @@ use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\Route;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Serializer;
 
+define('DRUPAL_ROOT', dirname(dirname(dirname(dirname(dirname(__DIR__))))));
+
 /**
  * @coversDefaultClass \Drupal\jsonapi\EventSubscriber\ResourceResponseSubscriber
  * @group jsonapi
@@ -37,10 +41,17 @@ class ResourceResponseSubscriberTest extends UnitTestCase {
       $this->fail('The JSON Schema validator is missing. You can install it with `composer require justinrainbow/json-schema`.');
     }
 
+    $module_handler = $this->prophesize(ModuleHandlerInterface::class);
+    $module = $this->prophesize(Extension::class);
+    $module->getPath()->willReturn('jsonapi');
+    $module_handler->getModule('jsonapi')->willReturn(
+      $module->reveal()
+    );
     $subscriber = new ResourceResponseSubscriber(
       new Serializer([], [new JsonSchemaEncoder()]),
       $this->prophesize(RendererInterface::class)->reveal(),
-      $this->prophesize(LoggerInterface::class)->reveal()
+      $this->prophesize(LoggerInterface::class)->reveal(),
+      $module_handler->reveal()
     );
     $subscriber->setValidator();
     $this->subscriber = $subscriber;