Conditional tag problem in sidebar

Hi,

So I put this code at the beginning of my sidebar :
<?php if (!is_home()) { ?>
<div id="recent_post" class="menu">
<?php the_recent_posts(); ?>
</div>
<?php } ?>

I don’t want to display recent posts on the homepage. It works… But the recent posts appear at the bottom of the sidebar… strange…

an idea ? thanks.